Understanding Spanish Public Administration and Autonomous Communities

Posted on Feb 21, 2025 in Law

Understanding Spanish Public Administration

General State Administration Scheme

  1. Make a scheme which globally represents the Spanish public administration, and one which represents the General State Administration. (Photos)

Government Organs

  1. List the organs that make up the government. Explain the difference between Government Councilor Ministers.

Central organs, peripheral organs, organs abroad.

The government is constituted through the process of approving its president and ceases by elections every 4 years. Cabinet members are appointed by the King at the proposal of the Prime Minister.

Council of Ministers and Government Delegate Committees

  1. Establish the differences in the Council of Ministers of the Government delegate committees and indicate the Government delegate committees that currently exist.

Economic Issues, autonomous political-crisis situation, intelligence matters, Science and technology policy, Immigration policy / climate change-political equality, Development Cooperation.

Prime Minister and Ministers’ Skills

  1. Of the skills listed below, indicate which correspond to the Prime Minister and Ministers:
  • Directing the defense policy – PG-M
  • Set objectives of the ministry – MM
  • Approve the expenditure statements of a ministry – M-PG
  • Create – PG-PG
  • M-PG
  • M-PG

Hierarchical Order of Ministries

  1. Hierarchical order the following bodies of ministries:
  1. Ministro
  2. Secretaria State
  3. Subsecretarias
  4. General directions
  5. General Secretaria technical
  6. Subdirecciones general
  7. Servicios
  8. Secciones
  9. Negociados

Organs of the General State Administration Abroad

  1. List the organs that make up the General State Administration on the outside.

Ambassadors, diplomatic missions, island, permanent representatives, Government and external agency.

Agencies and Their Administration

  1. Relate the agencies mentioned below with the Administration to which they belong: central, peripheral, external advisory, local public bodies:
  • UNED: Central
  • Government: Central
  • RENFE: Central
  • Consulate: Exterior
  • Insular Address: Periferico
  • Vice President of Government: Central
  • State Council: Advisory
  • Counseling Industry: Autonomica
  • General Subdivision: Central
  • Concejalia of a people: Local
  • Government Delegation: Peripheral
  • Ministry of Interior: Central

Autonomous Communities and the State

Rule of Law and Autonomous Institutions

  1. Connect the rule of law and the institutions of the autonomous communities and the state.

Legislative branch: Legislative Assembly

Executive branch: Council of Government, Spanish State

Judicial branch: Superior Court of Justice

Legal Status and Autonomy Statutes

  1. Indicate what legal status and autonomy statutes have, and what the minimum content should be.

It has range of organic laws

Its minimum:

  • Title of your location (name)
  • Delineation of their territory (territorial boundaries)
  • The name of the institutions themselves

Competition assumed

Institutions Underpinning Autonomous Organization

  1. Enumerate the institutions that underpin the autonomous organization.
  • Legislative Assembly
  • The council of government (president, vice president, counselors)
  • Superior Court of Justice (Room: criminal, social, civil, administrative files)

Names of the Legislature in Regions

  1. Indicate what names the Legislature can take in the regions. What do we call the Legislature of your community?
  • Islands: Canary Parliament
  • La Rioja: Regional Council
  • Aragon: Cortes de Aragón
  • Andalucia: Parliament of Andalusia

Main Functions of the Legislative Assemblies

  1. Enumerate the main functions of the Legislative Assemblies
  • To exercise the legislative power
  • Control the action of the Governing Council
  • President-Elect of the community
  • To approve the budgets autonomic
  • Designate the autonomic Senators
  • Choose the ombudsman
  • Remedy unconstitutional

Names of the Governing Council of Autonomous Communities

  1. Indicate what names can have the Governing Council of the Autonomous Communities, and what it is called in your Autonomous Community?
  • Islands: Government of Canaries
  • Andalusia: Andalusia
  • La Rioja: Governing Council
  • Aragón: Diputación General