Presiding officer of the Spanish Congress of Deputies
For a list of presidents of the Congress, see List of presidents of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
President of the Congress of Deputies
Coat of Arms of the Congress of Deputies
Incumbent Francina Armengol since 17 August 2023
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Style
The Most Excellent
Seat
Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid
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Congress of Deputies
Term length
Four years, renewable
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Formation
24 September 1810; 213 years ago (1810-09-24)
First holder
Ramón Lázaro de Dou y de Bassols
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Vice Presidents
Salary
€230,926.48 annually[1]
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The president of the Congress of Deputies (Spanish: Presidente del Congreso de los Diputados) is the speaker of the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Cortes Generales (the Spanish parliament). The president is elected among the members of the Congress and is, after the king and the prime minister, the highest authority in the Kingdom of Spain.
Although the president shares the representation of the Cortes Generales with the president of the Senate, the constitutional functions that are granted to the office in terms of royal countersigning and the election process of the Prime Minister (head of government), makes the president of the Congress the de facto leader of the legislative branch. This position is also reinforced by the asymmetric bicameralism that gives greater prominence to the lower house.
The current office was established by the Spanish Constitution of 1978, however, the position has a tradition of more than 200 years, since its creation in 1810 as President of the Cortes of Cádiz.
The current president, of the 15th Cortes Generales (102nd since the Cortes of Cádiz), is Francina Armengol, a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party who represents the electoral district of the Balearic Islands.[2]
^"Las presidentas del Congreso y del Senado cobran más del doble que el presidente del Gobierno". larazon.es. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
^Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel (2023-08-17). "Francina Armengol, elegida nueva presidenta del Congreso con los votos de ERC y Junts". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-17.
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