Government of Spain

Government of Spain
Spanish: Gobierno de España Co-official languages Basque: Espainiako Gobernua Catalan: Govern d'Espanya Galician: Goberno de España Aranese: Govèrn d'Espanha
Logo of the Government of Spain
Role	Executive power
Established	15 January 1834; 190 years ago (1834-01-15)
Country	Kingdom of Spain
Appointed by	Monarch
Main organ	Council of Ministers
Responsible to	Cortes Generales
Constitution instrument	Government Act of 1997
Cabinet
Members	Sánchez Government
Prime Minister	Pedro Sánchez
Deputy Prime Minister	María Jesús Montero
Number of members	22
Administration
Working language	Spanish
Staff organization	Ministries
Location	Madrid, Spain
Seat	Moncloa Palace (since 1977)
Website	Official website

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The government of Spain (Spanish: Gobierno de España) is the central government which leads the executive branch and the General State Administration of the Kingdom of Spain.

The Government consists of the Prime Minister and the Ministers; the prime minister has the overall direction of the Ministers and can appoint or terminate their appointments freely and all of them belong to the supreme decision-making body, known as the Council of Ministers. The Government is responsible before the Parliament (Cortes Generales), and more precisely before the Congress of the Deputies, a body which elects the Prime Minister or dismisses them through a motion of censure. This is because Spain is a parliamentary system established by the Constitution of 1978.

Its fundamental regulation is placed in Title IV of the Constitution, as well as in Title V of that document, with respect to its relationship with the Cortes Generales, and in Law 50/1997, of 27 November, of the Government. According to Article 97 of the Constitution and Article 1.1 of the Government Act, "the Government directs domestic and foreign policy, the civil and military administration and the defense of the State. It exercises the executive function and the regulatory regulation according to the Constitution and the laws".

The current prime minister is Pedro Sánchez, who took office on 2 June 2018.^[1] He is the leader of the Socialist Workers' Party, and he leads his third cabinet since late 2023.^[2]

The Government is occasionally referred to by the metonymy Moncloa, due to the fact that the residence of the Prime Minister, the Palace of Moncloa, is also the headquarters of the Government.