The City Council of Madrid () is the top-tier administrative and governing body of

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, the capital and biggest city of

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. The city council is composed by three bodies: the

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

, who leads the city council and the executive branch of it; the governing council (''Junta de Gobierno''), which is the main body of the executive branch composed by the mayor and the councillors appointed by him; and the Plenary, a democratically elected assembly which represents the people of Madrid. The current mayor of Madrid is

José Luis Martínez-Almeida José Luis Martínez-Almeida Navasqüés (born 17 April 1975) is a Spanish state lawyer and politician. A member of the People's Party (PP), he has been a member of the Madrid City Council since 2015 and has been Mayor of Madrid since 2019. ...

since June 2019.

Main bodies

Governing Council

The ''Junta de Gobierno of the City of Madrid'' is the executive branch of the city council, formed by the mayor and a group of councillors appointed by the mayor. The current board is composed of eight members:

Districts

The local government of the city uses a decentralized system called ''juntas municipales de distrito'' (municipal district assemblies), which are ultimately led by the ''ayuntamiento''. The Plenary is the body with authority to divide the city into districts, and the mayor has the authority to appoint the "councillor-presidents" chairing those districts. A councillor-president must be an elected councillor. The current officeholders are:

Plenary

The Plenary is the body of maximum political representation of citizens in the municipal government, exercises the powers that are expressly assigned to it and is made up of the mayor and the councillors. The councillors are elected on the basis of

universal suffrage Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the " one person, one vote" principle. For many, the term universal suffrage assumes the exclusion ...

in a secret ballot, and in turn they determine the mayor of Madrid. Plenary sessions are public. The Plenary can operate in committees, which will be formed by the councillors who designate the political groups in proportion to their representation in the Plenary. The Plenary (''Pleno del Ayuntamiento de Madrid'') is the body formed by the elected councillors. The passing of

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, annual budget and taxes; the scrutiny of the council of government and the

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on the mayor are tasks assigned to this entity in Spain. The Plenary of the City Council of Madrid is formed by the following groups for the period 2023–2027:

Mayor

The current mayor is

, from People's Party, invested on 15 June 2019 by an

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of the Plenary (30 councillors) in a secret ballot among the councillors.

Elections

A list of elections since the restoration of the democratic system is presented as follows: * 1979 Madrid City Council election * 1983 Madrid City Council election * 1987 Madrid City Council election * 1991 Madrid City Council election * 1995 Madrid City Council election * 1999 Madrid City Council election * 2003 Madrid City Council election *

2007 Madrid City Council election The 2007 Madrid City Council election, also the 2007 Madrid municipal election, was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th City Council of the municipality of Madrid. All 57 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was h ...

* 2011 Madrid City Council election *

2015 Madrid City Council election The 2015 Madrid City Council election, also the 2015 Madrid municipal election, was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 10th City Council of Madrid, City Council of the Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Madrid. All 57 seats in the City ...

* 2019 Madrid City Council election *

2023 Madrid City Council election The 2023 Madrid City Council election, also the 2023 Madrid municipal election, was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 12th City Council of Madrid, City Council of the Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Madrid. All 57 seats in the Cit ...

Results of the elections since 1979

Councillors

* List of Madrid councillors (2003–2007) * List of Madrid councillors (2007–2011) * List of Madrid councillors (2011–2015) *

List of Madrid councillors (2015–2019) This list presents the members of the Madrid City Council, Madrid Municipal Council in the 2015–2019 period, including substitutes: References

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List of Madrid councillors (2019–2023) References

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City Hall

The City Hall is located at the

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(

Plaza de Cibeles The Plaza de Cibeles is a square with a neo-classical complex of marble sculptures with fountains that has become a symbol for the city of Madrid. It sits at the intersection of Calle de Alcalá (running from east to west), Paseo de Recoletos ...

, Retiro District), formerly known as ''Palacio de Comunicaciones''. The city council began the process of moving from the Casa de la Villa (the former City Hall) to the Palacio de Comunicaciones in 2007.

Municipal companies

The ayuntamiento, an entity with full legal personality, fully owns the following municipal companies:

Madrid Destino Madrid Destino Cultura, Turismo y Negocio, S.A, simply known as Madrid Destino, is a public company owned by the City Council of Madrid charged with the management of cultural aspects, tourism as well as venues and events. It was created in June ...

EMT Madrid EMT Madrid (short for Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid, Spanish for "Municipal Transport Company of Madrid") is the company charged with the planning of public urban transport in the city in Madrid, Spain. The organization is wholly ow ...

, EMVS Madrid and the mortuary. It also has a participation in Mercamadrid,

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and the

Club de Campo Villa de Madrid Club de Campo Villa de Madrid is a country club, country and sports club located in Madrid, Spain. The club was formed in 1929, and is one of the most known in the city. It has a wide array of sports facilities including two championship 18-hole g ...

References

Links

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