Parliament of the Balearic Islands

Parliament of the Balearic Islands
Parlament de les Illes Balears
Balearic Islands unicameral legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Houses Unicameral
Leadership
Baltasar Picornell, Podem
Since 14 February 2017
Vice President
Vicenç Thomàs, PSIB
Since 19 June 2015
Francina Armengol, PSIB
Since 30 June 2015
Opposition Leader
Biel Company, PP
Since 26 March 2017
Structure
Seats 59
Political groups
Government (20)
Supported by (11)
Opposition (28)
Length of term
 4 years
Elections
Last election
 May 24, 2015
Next election
 2019
Meeting place
The old Círculo Mallorquín building, home of the Balearic Parliament.
Website
www.parlamentib.cat

The Parliament of the Balearic Islands (Catalan: Parlament de les Illes Balears) is the unicameral autonomous parliament of the Balearic Islands, one of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Parliament, composed of 59 elected seats, is located in the city of Palma, on the island of Majorca.

In the 2015 Balearic parliamentary election the People's Party (PP) lost its majority, falling to 20 seats in the legislature.[1] Following this, a PSOE and Més government was installed with the support of Podem.

Precedents

Parliamentary Assembly of the Balearic Islands (1977–1978)

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Balearic Islands (Catalan: Assemblea de Parlamentaris de les Illes Balears) was an unofficial provisional body serving as pre-autonomic representation from 30 July 1977. It was composed by the eleven elected deputies and senators in the 1977 general election. Additionally, on 13 June 1978, the pre-autonomic regime decree installed the new Inter-island General Council, and two more representatives from Menorca and two more from the Pityusic Islands were elected. The President was Jeroni Albertí, member of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD). When the Inter-island General Council was constituted on 24 July 1978, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Balearic Islands was dissolved.[2][3]

The composition of the Assembly from 30 July 1977 to 13 June 1978 was defined by the 1977 general election results in the Balearic Islands, which were the following:

Summary of the 15 June 1977 election results in the Balearics
Party Congress Senate Total
Popular vote Seats Maj Men I–F
Votes %
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 163,53651.89 42107
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 73,55423.34 210–3
People's Alliance (AP) 28,4729.03 00011
People's Socialist Party–Socialist Unity (PSP–US) 16,2445.15 0–––0
Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 14,0464.46 00––0
Balearic Autonomist Union (UAB) 11,9143.78 00––0
Blank ballots 1,3110.42
Total 315,147100.00 631111
Valid votes 315,14798.01
Invalid votes 6,4051.99
Votes cast / turnout 321,55278.83
Abstentions 86,37421.17
Registered voters 407,899
Sources[4][5]

Inter-island General Council (1978–1983)

The 1978 Spanish Constitution anticipated the organisation of the State in Autonomous Communities. The different historic regions and nationalities could access to the autonomy through two ways; the so-called fast way (article 151) and the so-called slow or common way (article 143). During the process of achievement, the province or provinces could request to the Congress of Deputies the regime of preautonomy, as a transition period from the centralism to the self-government. On 13 June 1978 the Inter-island General Council (Catalan: Consell General Interinsular), preautonomous body for the Balearic Islands, was constituted by royal decree. It substituted the Provincial Council of the Balearics and possessed some of the basic competences in health and culture, although its main function was drafting a Statue of Autonomy for the archipelago. On a 29 July 1978 decree, the election of its members was defined. On 1 March 1983 the Statue of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands came into effect, and the Inter-island General Council disappeared, being replaced by the Government of the Balearic Islands.[6]

During the five years of its existence, the institution had two presidents. Jeroni Albertí (UCD) resigned in 1982 before participating in the foundation of Majorcan Union (UM).[7] The Menorcan Francesc Tutzó (UCD), who had been the vice-president, replaced Albertí, and governed the body until the 1983 regional election.[8]

Presidents of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands

Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Legislature Political Party
Took office Left office Days
Jeroni Albertí Picornell
(b. 1927)		 30 July 1977 24 July 1978 359 Pre-autonomic Union of the Democratic Centre
Jeroni Albertí Picornell
(b. 1927)		 24 July 1978 27 September 1982 1526 Pre-autonomic Union of the Democratic Centre
Francesc Tutzó Bennàsar
(b. 1940)		 27 September 1982 10 June 1983 256
Antoni Cirerol Thomàs
(1926–2015)		 10 June 1983[9] 14 April 1987[10] 1404 I
(1983–1987)		 People's Alliance
Jeroni Albertí Picornell
(b. 1927)		 31 July 1987[11] 2 April 1991[12] 1341 II
(1987–1991)		 Majorcan Union
Cristòfol Soler Cladera
(b. 1956)		 20 June 1991[13] 4 April 1995[14] 1416 III
(1991–1995)		 People's Party
22 June 1995[15] 24 July 1995[16] IV
(1995–1999)
Joan Huguet Rotger
(b. 1954)		 31 July 1995[17] 20 April 1999[18] 1359
Antoni Diéguez Seguí
(b. 1954)		 13 July 1999[19] 4 August 1999 22 V
(1999–2003)		 Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands
Maximilià Morales Gómez
(1948–2017)		 4 August 1999[20] 1 April 2003[21] 1336 Majorcan Union
Pere Rotger Llabrés
(b. 1951)		 19 June 2003[22] 3 April 2007[23] 1384 VI
(2003–2007)		 People's Party
Maria Antònia Munar Riutort
(b. 1955)		 26 June 2007[24] 5 March 2010[25] 983 VII
(2007–2011)		 Majorcan Union
Aina Rado Ferrando
(1947–2017)		 9 March 2010[26] 29 March 2011[27] 385 Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands
Pere Rotger Llabrés
(b. 1951)		 8 June 2011[28] 14 December 2012[29] 555 VIII
(2011–2015)		 People's Party
Margalida Duran Cladera
(b. 1967)		 18 December 2012[30] 31 March 2015[31] 833
María Consuelo Huertas Calatayud
(b. 1959)		 19 June 2015[32] 25 January 2017[33] 586 IX
(2015–2019)		 We Can
Baltasar Picornell Lladó
(b. 1977)		 14 February 2017[34] Incumbent 614

See also

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Coordinates: 39°34′07″N 2°38′53″E / 39.5687°N 2.6481°E / 39.5687; 2.6481

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