Formation Spanish Constitution | ||
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Style Excelentísimo Señor (m) Excelentísima Señora (f) Appointer Elected by the Spanish Senate |
The President of the Spanish Senate (Spanish: Presidente del Senado de España) is the presiding officer of the Spanish Senate, the upper house of Spain's Cortes Generales. The office was established in 1978 by Article 72, Section 2 of the Spanish Constitution, which states in part, "The Houses shall choose their respective Presidents...".
The current president, of the X Legislature, is Pío García-Escudero, a People's Party member who represents the electroral district of Madrid.
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President of the Spanish Senate Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA