Cortes of Aragon

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Cortes of Aragon

Cortes de Aragón
Aragon unicameral legislature
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Type
Type
Houses Unicameral
Leadership
Marta Fernández, Vox
since 23 June 2023
First Vice President
Mª Mar Vaquero, PP
since 23 June 2023
Second Vice President
Elisa Sancho, PSOE
since 23 June 2023
Secretary
Gerardo Oliván, PP
since 23 June 2023
Second Secretary
Carlos Pérez, PSOE
since 23 June 2023
Structure
Seats67
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Political groups
Government (28)
  •   PP (28)

Supported by (1)

Opposition (31)

Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
28 May 2023
Meeting place
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Aljafería Palace, modern location of the Aragonese Parliament or Cortes.

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Contents

Early Cortes

The King of Aragon was bound to summon the Cortes at least once every five years, and, following the union with Catalonia, annually. [1] The main business of the Cortes was judicial: solving disputes between individuals or towns or dealing with complaints or grievances concerning the King's officers or Estates. [1] The Cortes also approved legislation and voted on tax issues. [1] The Cortes was organised into four Estates or branches: the clergy, the great nobles (Lua error in Module:Lang at line 1422: attempt to concatenate a nil value.), the Knights and the towns. [2]

For the more important laws, unanimity was required between each of the Cortes' four Estates (nemine descriptante). [1] Each member could veto any law, in which case the decision would be recorded as unamiter excepto N.N. which allowed for further debates and discussions, although these often ended in stalemates with no agreement being reached. [1] In such cases, the decision was referred to a permanent committee which consisted of two representatives of each Estate who would judge whether the existing majority will was sound or not. [1] These Cortes were the model for the parliaments of Sardinia and Sicily. [1] The Cortes survived until 1707 when Philip V issued the Nueva Planta decrees, centralising political power and abolishing the former regional assemblies of the Crown of Aragon.

Current Cortes

Chamber of the legislative assembly of Aragon in the Aljaferia Cortes de Aragon Image.jpg
Chamber of the legislative assembly of Aragon in the Aljafería

The modern Cortes were established in 1983 under Article 12 of the Statute of Autonomy for Aragon. [3] This statute also sets out the functions of the Aragonese assembly in Article 16 and these include the election of the President of Aragon, approving the actions and legislation of the President, creating legislation, amending the Constitution of Aragon and supervising any relevant planning or economic projects. It must monitor borrowing and spending and appoint an Auditor General for Aragon. Additionally the legislature must elect the appropriate number of Senators to serve in the Spanish Senate. [3]

Speakers of the Cortes

Party strength (1983-present)

Below is a summary of election results from the first Cortes election to the present. The largest party after each election is denoted in bold.

Party 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
PP 1813172728222330211628
PSOE 3327301923273022182423
Vox 37
CHA 25944233
Existe 3
PAR 1319171410897631
IU 12351114111
Pod. 1451
CS 512
CDS 16


Presidents and Governments of Aragon

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