The
City Council of Madrid
(
Spanish
:
Ayuntamiento de Madrid
) is the top-tier administrative and governing body of the
Madrid
, the capital and biggest city of
Spain
.
The City Council is composed by three bodies; the
Mayor
who leads the City Council and the executive branch of it, the Governing Council (
Junta de Gobierno
) which is the main body of the executive branch composed by the Mayor and the councillors appointed by him and the Plenary, a democratically elected assembly which represents the people of Madrid. The current Mayor of Madrid is
Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida
since June 2019.
Main bodies
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Governing Council
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The
Junta de Gobierno of the City of Madrid
is the executive branch of the City Council, formed by the Mayor and a group of councillors appointed by the Mayor. The current Board is composed of eight members, which are:
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Portfolio
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Mayor
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Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida
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Deputy Mayor
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Inma Sanz
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Spokesperson
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Security and Emergencies
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Culture, Tourism and Sport
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Marta Rivera de la Cruz
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Economy, Innovation and Finance
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Engracia Hidalgo Tena
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Urban Development, Environment and Mobility
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Borja Carabante
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Housing
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Alvaro Gonzalez Lopez
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Families, Equality and Social Welfare
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Jose Fernandez Sanchez
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Public Works and Equipment
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Paloma Garcia Romero
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Districts
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The local government of the City uses a decentralized system but ultimately led by the
ayuntamiento
. The Plenary is the body with authority to divide the City into districts and the Mayor has the authority to appoint the "Councillor-Presidents" chairing those districts. A Councillor-President must be an elected councillor. The current officeholders are:
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Plenary
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The Plenary is the body of maximum political representation of citizens in the municipal government, exercises the powers that are expressly assigned to it and is made up of 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. Plenary sessions are public. The Plenary can operate in Committees, which will be formed by the Councillors who designate the political groups in proportion to their representation in the Plenary.
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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.
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The Plenary of the City Council of Madrid is formed by the following groups for the period 2023?2027:
Mayor
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The current mayor is
Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida
, from
People's Party
, invested on 15 June 2019 by an
absolute majority
of the Plenary (30 councillors) in a secret ballot among the councillors.
Elections
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A list of elections since the restoration of the democratic system is presented as follows:
Results of the elections since 1979
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Councillors
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City Hall
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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.
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Municipal companies
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The ayuntamiento, an entity with full legal personality, fully owns the following municipal companies:
Madrid Destino
,
EMT Madrid
, EMVS Madrid and the mortuary.
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It also has a participation in
Mercamadrid
,
Madrid Calle 30
and the
Club de Campo Villa de Madrid
.
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References
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Further reading
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Links
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Media related to
City Council of Madrid
at Wikimedia Commons
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