General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

{{Short description|Legislative body of the Spanish region of Asturias}}

{{Infobox legislature

| name = General Junta of the
Principality of Asturias

| native_name = {{nobold|{{native name|es|Junta General del Principado de Asturias}}
{{native name|ast|Xunta Xeneral del Principáu d'Asturies}}}}

| coa_pic = File:Escudo de Asturias (oficial).svg

| coa_res = 100px

| legislature = 12th General Junta

| house_type = Spanish regional legislature

| houses = Unicameral

| members = 45

| structure1 = XII Legislature of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias.svg

| structure1_res = 300px

| leader1_type = President

| leader1 = Juan Cofiño

| party1 = FSA–PSOE

| election1 = 26 June 2023

| leader2_type = Vice President

| leader2 = María Celia Fernández Fernández

| party2 = FSA–PSOE

| election2 = 24 June 2019

| leader3_type = Second Vice President

| leader3 = Pablo Álvarez-Pire Santiago

| party3 = PP

| election3 = 24 June 2019

| leader4_type = Secretary

| leader4 = Ovidio Zapico

| party4 = CxAst

| election4 = 24 June 2019

| leader5_type = Second Secretary

| leader5 =

| party5 =

| election5 =

| voting_system1 = Closed party list in three constituencies with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method

|first_election1=8 May 1983| political_groups1 =

Government (22)

{{Color box|{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}|border=darkgray}} FSA–PSOE (19)
{{Color box|#008B93|border=darkgray}} CxAst (3){{efn|
{{Color box|{{party color|United Left (Spain)}}}} IU/IX (2)
{{Color box|{{party color|Sumar (electoral platform)}}}} SMR (1)}}

Supported by (1)

{{Color box|{{party color|Independent}}}} Independent (1){{efn|Covadonga Tomé was expelled from Podemos in 2023.}}

Opposition (22)

{{Color box|{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}|border=darkgray}} PP (17)
{{Color box|{{party color|Vox (Spanish political party)}}|border=darkgray}} Vox (4)
{{Color box|{{party color|Asturias Forum (2021)}}|border=darkgray}} Foro (1)

| last_election1 = 28 May 2023

| session_room = File:Oviedo03.jpg

| meeting_place = Regional Palace, Oviedo

| website = [http://www.jgpa.es/ www.jgpa.es]

}}

The General Junta of the Principality of Asturias (in Spanish: Junta General del Principado de Asturias, in Asturian: Xunta Xeneral del Principáu d'Asturies) is the parliament of Asturias, an autonomous community of Spain. Its Statute of Autonomy, the basic organic law of the community, defines it as the supreme institution of representation of the Asturian people.

Established in its current form in 1982, the General Junta is named after an Asturian political institution that existed from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. The General Junta exercises legislative power, approves the budgets of the community, and holds to account the Council of Government, the executive branch, whose leader it elects as the "President of the Principality of Asturias". It also exercises all competences conferred or devolved to the autonomous communities in the Constitution of Spain and assumed by the community itself in its Statute of Autonomy and any other relevant law.

The General Junta is made up of 45 members called "deputies" (in Spanish: diputados) elected every four years, though the President of the Principality may dissolve the parliament and trigger early elections. The General Junta meets at the Regional Palace in Oviedo.

Election

The election is in three electoral districts. 34 members are returned for the Central district, which contains Avilés, Gijón and Oviedo, the three largest municipalities, and in total represents 888,293 people in 2010. Six members are returned for the Western district (121,903 people) and five for the Eastern district (73,511 people). A threshold of the 3% is established for having any seats.

Presidents of the General Junta

The President of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias is the presiding officer of that legislature.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;"
rowspan="2" colspan="2"\|Name ! colspan="3"\|Term of office ! rowspan="2" width=90\|Legislature {{small\|(election)}} ! rowspan="2" width=200\|Political Party
width=105\| {{small\|Took office}} ! width=105\| {{small\|Left office}} ! width=10\| {{small\|Days}}
style="background:#eee;" ! style="background:{{party color\|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}};"\| \| Agustín José Antuña Alonso \| 6 March 1982 \| 14 January 1983 \|{{age in days\|1982\|3\|6\|1983\|1\|14}} \| rowspan=2\| Provisional \| {{Party shading/UCD}}\| Union of the Democratic Centre
style="background:#eee;" ! style="background:{{party color\|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"\| \| Eugenio Carbajal Martínez \| 14 January 1983 \| 31 May 1983 \|{{age in days\|1983\|1\|14\|1983\|5\|31}} \| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/PSOE}}\| Asturian Socialist Federation
style="background:#eee;" ! style="background:{{party color\|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"\| \| Juan Ramón Zapico García \| 31 May 1983 \| 8 July 1987 \|{{age in days\|1983\|5\|31\|1987\|7\|8}} \| I {{small\|(1983)}}
style="background:#eee;" ! style="background:{{party color\|People's Alliance (Spain)}};"\| \| rowspan=2\| Antonio Landeta y Álvarez-Valdés \| rowspan=2\| 8 July 1987 \| rowspan=2\| 21 June 1991 \| rowspan=2\|{{age in days\|1987\|7\|8\|1991\|6\|21}} \| rowspan=2\| II {{small\|(1987)}} \| {{Party shading/AP}}\| People's Alliance
style="background:#eee;" ! style="background:{{party color\|People's Party of Asturias}};"\| \| {{Party shading/PP}}\| People's Party
style="background:#eee;" ! style="background:{{party color\|United Left of Asturias}};"\| \| Laura González Álvarez \| 21 June 1991 \| 8 January 1993 \|{{age in days\|1991\|6\|21\|1993\|1\|8}} \| rowspan=2\| III {{small\|(1991)}} \| {{Party shading/IU}}\| United Left of Asturias
style="background:#eee;" ! style="background:{{party color\|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"\| \| Eugenio Carbajal Martínez \| 4 March 1993 \| 23 June 1995 \|{{age in days\|1993\|3\|4\|1995\|6\|23}} \| {{Party shading/PSOE}}\| Asturian Socialist Federation
style="background:#eee;" ! style="background:{{party color\|People's Party of Asturias}};"\| \| Ovidio Sánchez Díaz \| 23 June 1995 \| 5 March 1999 \| {{age in days\|1995\|6\|23\|1999\|3\|5}} \| rowspan=2\|IV {{small\|(1995)}} \| {{Party shading/PP}}\| People's Party
style="background:#eee;" ! style="background:{{party color\|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"\| \| Faustino González Alcalde \| 18 March 1999 \| 7 July 1999 \|{{age in days\|1999\|3\|18\|1999\|7\|7}} \| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/PSOE}}\| Asturian Socialist Federation
style="background:#eee;" ! rowspan=3 style="background:{{party color\|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"\| \| rowspan=3\| María Jesús Álvarez González \| 7 July 1999 \| 17 June 2003 \| rowspan=3\|{{age in days\|1999\|7\|7\|2011\|6\|15}} \| V {{small\|(1999)}}
style="background:#eee;" \| 17 June 2003 \| 21 July 2007 \| VI {{small\|(2003)}}
style="background:#eee;" \| 21 July 2007 \| 15 June 2011 \| VII {{small\|(2007)}}
style="background:#eee;" ! style="background:{{party color\|People's Party of Asturias}};"\| \| Fernando Goñi Merino \| 15 June 2011 \| 27 April 2012 \|{{age in days\|2011\|6\|15\|2012\|4\|27}} \| VIII {{small\|(2011)}} \| {{Party shading/PP}}\| People's Party
style="background:#eee;" ! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"\| \| rowspan=2\| Pedro Sanjurjo González \| 27 April 2012 \| 16 June 2015 \| rowspan=2\|{{age in days\|2012\|4\|27\|2015\|6\|16}} \| IX {{small\|(2012)}} \| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/PSOE}}\| Asturian Socialist Federation
style="background:#eee;" \| 16 June 2015 \| 24 June 2019 \| X {{small\|(2015)}}
style="background:#eee ! style="background:{{party color\|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"\| \| Marcelino Marcos Líndez \| 24 June 2019 \| Incumbent \| {{age in days\|2019\|6\|24}} \| XI {{small\|(2019)}}

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rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Name

! colspan="3"|Term of office

! rowspan="2" width=90|Legislature
{{small|(election)}}

! rowspan="2" width=200|Political Party

width=105| {{small|Took office}}

! width=105| {{small|Left office}}

! width=10| {{small|Days}}

style="background:#eee;"

! style="background:{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}};"|

| Agustín José Antuña Alonso

| 6 March 1982

| 14 January 1983

|{{age in days|1982|3|6|1983|1|14}}

| rowspan=2| Provisional

| {{Party shading/UCD}}| Union of the Democratic Centre

style="background:#eee;"

! style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"|

| Eugenio Carbajal Martínez

| 14 January 1983

| 31 May 1983

|{{age in days|1983|1|14|1983|5|31}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/PSOE}}| Asturian Socialist Federation

style="background:#eee;"

! style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"|

| Juan Ramón Zapico García

| 31 May 1983

| 8 July 1987

|{{age in days|1983|5|31|1987|7|8}}

| I {{small|(1983)}}

style="background:#eee;"

! style="background:{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}};"|

| rowspan=2| Antonio Landeta y Álvarez-Valdés

| rowspan=2| 8 July 1987

| rowspan=2| 21 June 1991

| rowspan=2|{{age in days|1987|7|8|1991|6|21}}

| rowspan=2| II {{small|(1987)}}

| {{Party shading/AP}}| People's Alliance

style="background:#eee;"

! style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}};"|

| {{Party shading/PP}}| People's Party

style="background:#eee;"

! style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}};"|

| Laura González Álvarez

| 21 June 1991

| 8 January 1993

|{{age in days|1991|6|21|1993|1|8}}

| rowspan=2| III {{small|(1991)}}

| {{Party shading/IU}}| United Left of Asturias

style="background:#eee;"

! style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"|

| Eugenio Carbajal Martínez

| 4 March 1993

| 23 June 1995

|{{age in days|1993|3|4|1995|6|23}}

| {{Party shading/PSOE}}| Asturian Socialist Federation

style="background:#eee;"

! style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}};"|

| Ovidio Sánchez Díaz

| 23 June 1995

| 5 March 1999

| {{age in days|1995|6|23|1999|3|5}}

| rowspan=2|IV {{small|(1995)}}

| {{Party shading/PP}}| People's Party

style="background:#eee;"

! style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"|

| Faustino González Alcalde

| 18 March 1999

| 7 July 1999

|{{age in days|1999|3|18|1999|7|7}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/PSOE}}| Asturian Socialist Federation

style="background:#eee;"

! rowspan=3 style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"|

| rowspan=3| María Jesús Álvarez González

| 7 July 1999

| 17 June 2003

| rowspan=3|{{age in days|1999|7|7|2011|6|15}}

| V {{small|(1999)}}

style="background:#eee;"

| 17 June 2003

| 21 July 2007

| VI {{small|(2003)}}

style="background:#eee;"

| 21 July 2007

| 15 June 2011

| VII {{small|(2007)}}

style="background:#eee;"

! style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}};"|

| Fernando Goñi Merino

| 15 June 2011

| 27 April 2012

|{{age in days|2011|6|15|2012|4|27}}

| VIII {{small|(2011)}}

| {{Party shading/PP}}| People's Party

style="background:#eee;"

! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"|

| rowspan=2| Pedro Sanjurjo González

| 27 April 2012

| 16 June 2015

| rowspan=2|{{age in days|2012|4|27|2015|6|16}}

| IX {{small|(2012)}}

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/PSOE}}| Asturian Socialist Federation

style="background:#eee;"

| 16 June 2015

| 24 June 2019

| X {{small|(2015)}}

style="background:#eee

! style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"|

| Marcelino Marcos Líndez

| 24 June 2019

| Incumbent

| {{age in days|2019|6|24}}

| XI {{small|(2019)}}

=Results of the elections to the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias=

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bgcolor="#CCCCCC"

! colspan="4" |Deputies in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias since 1983

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{{legend|{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}|Podemos|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Communist Party of Asturias}}|PCE|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}|IU|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Asturias Forum}}|FAC|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}|PSOE|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}|UPyD|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}}|UCD|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}|Cs|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}|CDS|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Democratic Coalition (Spain)}}|CD|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|People's Party of Asturia}}|PP|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|People's Coalition (Spain)}}|CP|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}}|AP|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Vox (political party)}}|Vox|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

bgcolor="#CCCCCC"

! Election

! Distribution

! colspan="2"|President

align=center|1983

{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of Asturias}}; width:5em; color:white;"| 5

| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:26em; color:white;"| 26

| style="background:{{party color|People's Coalition (Spain)}}; width:14em; color:white;"| 14

| rowspan="2" |Pedro de Silva (PSOE)

| rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"|

| align=center|1987

style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:4em; color:white;"| 4

| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:20em; color:white;"| 20

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}; width:8em; color:white;"| 8

| style="background:{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}}; width:13em; color:white;"| 13

| align=center|1991

style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:6em; color:white;"| 6

| style="background:{{party color|Partíu Asturianista}}; width:1em; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:21em; color:white;"| 21

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}; width:2em; color:white;"| 2

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:15em; color:white;"| 15

|Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil (PSOE) (1991-1993)

Antonio Trevín (PSOE) (1993-1995)

| rowspan="2" align=center|1995

| rowspan="2" |

style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:6em; color:white;"| 6

| style="background:{{party color|Partíu Asturianista}}; width:1em; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:17em; color:white;"| 17

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:21em; color:white;"| 21

| rowspan="2" |Sergio Marqués (PP 1995-1998; URAS 1998-1999)

| rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}};"|

| rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color|Asturian Renewal Union}};"|

| align=center|1999

style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3

| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:24em; color:white;"| 24

| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Renewal Union}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:15em; color:white;"| 15

| rowspan="3" |Vicente Álvarez Areces (PSOE)

| rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"|

| align=center|2003

style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:4em; color:white;"| 4

| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:22em; color:white;"| 22

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:19em; color:white;"| 19

| align="center" |2007

style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:4em; color:white;"| 4

| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:21em; color:white;" | 21

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:20em; color:white;" | 20

| align=center|2011

style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:4em; color:white;"| 4

| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:15em; color:white;"| 15

| style="background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}}; width:16em; color:white;"| 16

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:10em; color:white;"| 10

|Francisco Álvarez-Cascos (FAC)

| rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}};"|

| align=center|2012

style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:5em; color:white;"| 5

| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:17em; color:white;"| 17

| style="background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}; width:1em; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}}; width:12em; color:white;"| 12

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:10em; color:white;"| 10

| rowspan="2" |Javier Fernández (PSOE)

| rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}};"|

| align=center|2015

style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:5em; color:white;"| 5

| style="background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}; width:9em; color:white;"| 9

| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:14em; color:white;"| 14

| style="background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3

| style="background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:11em; color:white;"| 11

| align=center|2019

style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:2em; color:white;"| 2

| style="background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}; width:4em; color:white;"| 4

| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:20em; color:white;"| 20

| style="background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}; width:5em; color:white;"| 5

| style="background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}}; width:2em; color:white;"| 2

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:10em; color:white;"| 10

| style="background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2

| rowspan="2" | Adrián Barbón (PSOE)

| align=center|2023

style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:3em; color:white;"| 3

| style="background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}; width:1em; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:19em; color:white;"| 19

| style="background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}}; width:1em; color:white;"| 1

| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:17em; color:white;"| 17

| style="background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}; width:4em; color:white;" | 4

Sources

[http://www.jgpa.es/ Official website]
[https://www.jgpa.es/documents/11156/104641/Relaci%C3%B3n+general+de+Parlamentarios.pdf/eaa674bd-e5a7-437e-8cb9-e459925305c1 All members of the General Junta]

Notes

External links

Category:1982 establishments in Asturias

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