Spain: Government
Government
Spain is a constitutional monarchy governed under the constitution of 1978 as amended. The hereditary monarch, who is the head of state, may ratify laws, dissolve the legislature, and propose candidates for the office of prime minister; he is also head of the armed forces. The prime minister (
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- Introduction
- Contemporary Spain
- <named-content content-type="print">From Franco to the Present</named-content><named-content content-type="electronic">Spain under Franco</named-content>
- Civil War
- Monarchists and Republicans
- The Decline of Spain
- The Golden Age<named-content content-type="print"> and Decline</named-content>
- Muslim Spain and the Christian Reconquest
- Spain before the Muslim Conquest
- History
- Government
- Economy
- People
- Land
- Bibliography
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