City Council of Madrid

City Council of Madrid
Ayuntamiento de Madrid
2015–2019
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Manuela Carmena, Ahora Madrid
Since 13 June 2015
Meeting place
Palacio de Comunicaciones, Madrid

The Ayuntamiento de Madrid is the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Madrid, Spain. It consists of the invested Mayor of Madrid, currently Manuela Carmena, the Junta de Gobierno, and an elected 57-member Plenary with scrutiny powers.

Composition

It is formed by the Mayor and the councillors. The councillors are elected on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot, and in turn they determine the Mayor of Madrid.

The Junta de Gobierno (Junta de Gobierno de la Ciudad de Madrid, "Council of Government"), is the governing body, formed by a group of councillors appointed by the Mayor.

The Madrid City Hall, located at Plaza de Cibeles.

The Plenary (Pleno del Ayuntamiento de Madrid) is the body formed by the elected councillors. The passing of by-laws, annual budget and taxes; the scrutiny of the council of government and the motion of no confidence on the Mayor are tasks assigned to this entity in Spain.[1]

City Hall

The City Hall is located at the Cybele Palace (Plaza de Cibeles, Retiro District), formerly known as Palacio de Comunicaciones. The City Council began the process of moving from the Casa de la Villa (the former City Hall) to the Palacio de Comunicaciones in 2007.[2][3]

Mayors

The Plenary room during the 2015 investiture vote.

The current mayor is Manuela Carmena, from Ahora Madrid, invested on 13 June 2015 by an absolute majority of the Plenary (29 councillors) in a secret ballot among the councillors.

Investiture voting[4]
13 June 2015
Mayor Candidates Votes
Manuela Carmena29
Esperanza Aguirre21
Begoña Villacís7

Elections

A list of elections since the restoration of the democratic system is presented as follows:

References

  1. ↑ Ramió, Carles (2001). In: M. Alcántara and Mª. A. Martínez (Eds.). "Las administraciones públicas" (PDF). Política y gobierno en España. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch: 542–543. ISBN 84-8442-271-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ Calleja, Ignacio S. (2015-03-10). "Mantener el Palacio de Cibeles cuesta seis millones al año". ABC (in Spanish).
  3. ↑ García Rallo, Bruno (2013-05-01). "El Palacio de Cibeles florece a costa de la lenta decadencia de la Casa de la Villa". El País (in Spanish).
  4. ↑ García Gallo, Bruno (2015-06-13). "Manuela Carmena, alcaldesa de Madrid". El País (in Spanish).

Further reading

  • Comunidad de Madrid: "LEY 2/2003, de 11 de marzo, de Administración Local de la Comunidad de Madrid" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid (in Spanish) (65): 3–27, 1989–4791. 18 March 2003.
  • España: "LEY 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (80): 8945–8964. 3 April 1985. ISSN 0212-033X.

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