Legislative Assembly of Madeira

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Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira

Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira
XIII Legislature
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Type
Type
Unicameral Regional Parliament
History
Founded1976
Leadership
José Manuel Rodrigues, CDS-PP
since 15 October 2019
Vice-President
José Prada, PPD-PSD
since 15 October 2019
Vice-President
Rubina Leal, PPD-PSD
since 15 October 2019
Vice-President
Vítor Freitas, PS
since 15 October 2019
Structure
Seats47
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Political groups
Regional Government (23)
  •   PPD/PSD (20)
  •   CDS–PP (3)

Confidence and supply (1)

Opposition (23)

Length of term
Up to 4 years
Salary€ 3719,79/month
Elections
Party-list proportional representation
D'Hondt method
Last election
24 September 2023
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Assembleia Legislativa da Regiao Autonoma da Madeira - Entry and hemicycle.jpg
Legislative Assembly of Madeira Building, Funchal
Website
http://www.alram.pt/

The Legislative Assembly of Madeira (Portuguese : Assembleia Legislativa da Madeira) is the legislature of the Portuguese autonomous region of Madeira. The last regional election was held on 24 September 2023, won by the PSD/CDS-PP coalition with 58,394 votes (43.11% share).

Contents

Powers and duties of the Assembly

The Political and Administrative Statute of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, clearly states that the Legislative Assembly has the following powers: [1]

Political powers

Legislative powers

Jurisdiction

As set on the Political and Administrative Statute of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, the Assembly has jurisdiction over the following matters:

  • Demographic, emigration and resident status policy;
  • Guardianship over local authorities and their territorial demarcation;
  • Guidance, direction, coordination and inspection of public services and institutes and nationalized or public companies that exercise their activity exclusively or predominantly in the Region and in other cases where the regional interest justifies it;
  • Infrastructure and maritime and air transport, including stopovers and tariffs. Administration of ports and airports, including port and airport taxes and fees between islands and from abroad to islands;
  • Fisheries, aquaculture, agriculture, forestry, livestock.
  • Legal regime and land exploitation, including rural leasing;
  • Soil policy, spatial planning, ecological balance and environment protection. Including protection of nature and natural resources, as well as public, animal and plant health;
  • Water, mineral and thermal resources;
  • Energy from local production;
  • Health and social security;
  • Work, employment, professional training, pre-school education, basic, secondary, higher and special education;
  • Classification, protection and enhancement of cultural heritage;
  • Museums, libraries and archives;
  • Public shows and entertainment;
  • Sports;
  • Tourism and hospitality;
  • Crafts and folklore;
  • Expropriation, for public benefit, of assets located in the Region, as well as civil requisition;
  • Public works and social equipment;
  • Housing and urbanism;
  • Media;
  • Internal, external trade and supply;
  • Foreign direct investment and technology transfer;
  • Mobilization of savings formed in the Region with a view to financing investments made in it;
  • Industrial development;
  • Adaptation of the tax system to the regional economic reality and concession of tax benefits;
  • Articulation of the Regional Civil Protection Service with the competent national entities;
  • Regional statistics;
  • Forests, parks and nature reserves;
  • Circulation, transit and land transport routes;
  • Sea shore;
  • Valorization of human resources and quality of life;
  • Organization of the regional administration and the services included therein, including the central administration;
  • Maintenance of public order;
  • Interregional cooperation and dialogue under the terms of paragraph u) of paragraph 1 of article 227 of the Constitution;
  • Construction, installation or use of military bases, as well as infrastructures and related equipment;
  • Construction, installation or use of infrastructures for the purpose of observation, study and scientific research;
  • Other matters that exclusively concern the Region or that assume a particular configuration there.

Supervisory powers

Regulatory powers

Structure and election

The Legislative Assembly of Madeira is composed of deputies, elected by universal, direct and secret suffrage, by constituencies. According to the Electoral Law, the regional parliament has 47 deputies elected in a single regional constituency. Voters are Portuguese citizens registered in the voter registration of any municipality in the Madeiran archipelago.

Committees

Following the Portuguese parliamentary system in the Legislative Assembly there are Permanent Specialized Committees, with specific competences, and there may be Occasional Committees, with their own competences, the latter are created for a limited time and aim to fulfil a certain function that culminates with the presentation of a report describing the work carried out, containing the respective conclusions, including Inquiry Committees. [2]

Official NumberingPermanent Specialized CommitteeAdditional Competences
IGeneral Politics and YouthEuropean Union, Madeiran Communities Abroad, Local Authorities and Youth
IIEconomy, Finances and TourismPlanning, Transportation and Innovation
IIINatural Resources and EnvironmentAgriculture, Fishery, Husbandry and Forestry
IVHousing and Public BuildingsTerritorial Planning
VHealth and Social AffairsCivil Protection
VIEducation, Sports and CultureScience
VIICivil Service, Administration and Employment

Architecture

In 1976, the beginning of the I Legislature and until December 4, 1987, the date of the inauguration of the current facilities, the Assembly's services were based in the building of the former Junta Geral, on Avenida Zarco.

The new headquarters was installed in the Old Customs of Funchal building, classified as a National Monument. The building's restoration project, then vacant, was carried out by the architect Raul Chorão Ramalho. [3]

Leaning against the old Manueline staircase to the east of the building, is the Chapel of Santo António da Mouraria, founded in 1714.

Regional elections

Elected Composition of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira since 1976

Legislatures since 1976
   UDP
   BE
   PCP
   PTP
   PS
   JPP
   PSN
   PAN
   PPD/PSD
   MPT
   IL
   CDS–PP
   PND
   CH
1976
28292
1980
215351
1984
216401
1988
37412
1992
21121392
1996
1213412
2000
2213413
2004
1219442
2007
12733121
2011
136125191
2015
221552471
2019
1193213
2023
11115120134

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References

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  2. "O Parlamento e o seu funcionamento". ALRAM - Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
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