Parliament of the Balearic Islands

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Parliament of the Balearic Islands

Parlament de les Illes Balears
Balearic Islands unicameral legislature
Escudo de las Islas Baleares.svg
Type
Type
Houses Unicameral
Leadership
Gabriel Le Senne, Vox
since 20 June 2023
Vice President
Mauricio Rovira, PP
since 20 June 2023
Second Vice President
Mercedes Garrido, PSIB
since 20 June 2023
Secretary
Misericordia Sugrañes, PP
since 20 June 2023
Second Secretary
Pilar Costa, PSIB
since 20 June 2023
Marga Prohens, PP
since 7 July 2023
Opposition Leader
Iago Negueruela, PSIB
since 24 July 2023
Structure
Seats59
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Political groups
 Government (25)
  •   PP (25)

Supported by (8)

Opposition (25)

Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
 28 May 2023
Meeting place
Circulo Mallorquin (Palma) - 1.jpg
The old El Cercle Mallorquí 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.

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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. [1] [2]

The composition of the Assembly was defined by the 1977 general election results in the Balearic Islands, which were the following:

Parliamentary Assembly of the Balearic Islands
(30 July 1977 – 24 July 1978)
ParliamentaryAssemblyBalearicIslandsDiagram.svg
PartiesDepSenatorsTotal
MallMenI–F
UCD 42107
PSOE 21003
AP 00011
Total631111
Sources [3] [4]

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. [5] 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 17 July 1978 decree, the election of its members was defined. [6] 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. [7]

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). [8] The Menorcan Francesc Tutzó (UCD), who had been the vice-president, replaced Albertí, and governed the body until the 1983 regional election. [9]

Membership

SeatsIsland Constituencies [lower-alpha 2]
33 Mallorca
13 Menorca
12 Ibiza
1 Formentera

Results of the elections to the Parliament of the Balearic Islands

Deputies in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands since 1983
Key to parties
   EUIB
   EU–EV
   Podemos
   United We Can–EUIB
   PSM
   PSM–PSI
   PSM–EU
   PSM–EN
   PSM–ENE
   PSM–EN
   EVIB
   Pacte+COP
   Bloc
   MpM
   Més
   GxF+PSOE
   PSOE–ExC
   PSOE–PxE
   PSIB–PSOE
   CIM
   FIEF
   El Pí
   AIPF
   CDS
   PDL
   UM
   UIM–IM
   Cs
   PP–UM
   Sa Unió
   PP
   CP
   AP–PL
   Vox
ElectionDistribution President
1983
222111621
 Gabriel Cañellas (AP)
1987
22215425
1991
23211131
 Gabriel Cañellas (PP)
1995
316162130
 Gabriel Cañellas (PP)
Cristòfol Soler (PP)
Jaume Matas (PP)
1999
35713328
 Francesc Antich (PSIB–PSOE)
2003
245153129
 Jaume Matas (PP)
2007
146163128
 Francesc Antich (PSIB–PSOE)
2011
14141435
 José Ramón Bauzá (PP)
2015
10361143220
 Francina Armengol (PSIB–PSOE)
2019
62411935163
2023
124181258
 Marga Prohens (PP)

Presidents of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands

Name
(Birth–Death)		Term of officeLegislaturePolitical Party
Took officeLeft officeDays

Parliamentary Assembly of the Balearic Islands

Jeroni Albertí Picornell
(1927–2024)		30 July 197724 July 1978359Pre-autonomic Union of the Democratic Centre

Inter-island General Council

Jeroni Albertí Picornell
(1927–2024)		24 July 197827 September 19821526Pre-autonomic Union of the Democratic Centre
Francesc Tutzó Bennàsar
(b. 1940)		27 September 198210 June 1983256

Parliament of the Balearic Islands

Antoni Cirerol Thomàs
(1926–2015)		10 June 1983 [10] 14 April 1987 [11] 1404 I
(1983–1987)		 People's Alliance
Jeroni Albertí Picornell
(1927–2024)		31 July 1987 [12] 2 April 1991 [13] 1341 II
(1987–1991)		 Majorcan Union
Cristòfol Soler Cladera
(b. 1956)		20 June 1991 [14] 4 April 1995 [15] 1416 III
(1991–1995)		 People's Party
22 June 1995 [16] 24 July 1995 [17] IV
(1995–1999)
Joan Huguet Rotger
(b. 1954)		31 July 1995 [18] 20 April 1999 [19] 1359
Antoni Diéguez Seguí
(b. 1954)		13 July 1999 [20] 4 August 199922 V
(1999–2003)		 Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands
Maximilià Morales Gómez
(1948–2017)		4 August 1999 [21] 1 April 2003 [22] 1336 Majorcan Union
Pere Rotger Llabrés
(b. 1951)		19 June 2003 [23] 3 April 2007 [24] 1384 VI
(2003–2007)		 People's Party
Maria Antònia Munar Riutort
(b. 1955)		26 June 2007 [25] 5 March 2010 [26] 983 VII
(2007–2011)		 Majorcan Union
Aina Rado Ferrando
(1947–2017)		9 March 2010 [27] 29 March 2011 [28] 385 Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands
Pere Rotger Llabrés
(b. 1951)		8 June 2011 [29] 14 December 2012 [30] 555 VIII
(2011–2015)		 People's Party
Margalida Duran Cladera
(b. 1967)		18 December 2012 [31] 31 March 2015 [32] 833
María Consuelo Huertas Calatayud
(b. 1959)		19 June 2015 [33] 25 January 2017 [34] 586 IX
(2015–2019)		 We Can
Baltasar Picornell Lladó
(b. 1977)		14 February 2017 [35] 20 June 2019856
Vicenç Thomàs Mulet
(b. 1958)		20 June 2019 [36] 20 June 20231461 X
(2019–2023)		 Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands
Gabriel Le Senne
(b. 1977)		20 June 2023 [37] Incumbent255 XI
(2023–)		 Vox
Gabriel Le SenneVicenç Thomàs MuletBaltasar Picornell LladóMaría Consuelo Huertas CalatayudMargalida Duran CladeraPere Rotger LlabrésAina Rado FerrandoMaria Antònia Munar RiutortPere Rotger Llabrésmaximilià Morales GómezAntoni Diéguez SeguíJoan Huguet RotgerCristòfol Soler CladeraJeroni AlbertíAntoni Cirerol ThomàsFrancesc Tutzó BennàsarJeroni AlbertíParliament of the Balearic Islands

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Xisco Cardona left Vox in 2023
  2. ↑ Since 1987

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