Conventional long form name of country: Kingdom of Spain
Capital city: Madrid
Type of Government: Parliamentary Monarch
Date of Independence: 1492
National Holiday: October 12 (date when Columbus 1st set foot in the Americas)
Chief of State: King Felipe
Head of Government:Mariano Rajoy
Description of Executive Branch: President of the Government (Prime Minister equivalent) Mariano RAJOY (since 20 December 2011); Vice President (and Minister of the President's Office) Soraya SAENZ DE SANTAMARIA (since 22 December 2011)
Description of Legislative: bicameral; General Courts or Las Cortes Generales (National Assembly) consists of the Senate or Senado (257 seats as of 2013; 208 members directly elected by popular vote and the other 49 - as of 2013 - appointed by the regional legislatures and 265 seats as of 2014; 208 members directly elected by popular vote and the other 57 - as of 2014 - appointed by the regional legislatures; members to serve four-year terms) and the Congress of Deputies or Congreso de los Diputados (350 seats; each of the 50 electoral provinces fills a minimum of two seats and the North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla fill one seat each with members serving a four-year term; the other 248 members are determined by proportional representation based on popular vote on block lists who serve four-year terms)
Description of Judicial: National Court; High Courts of Justice (in each of the autonomous communities); provincial courts; courts of first instance
Suffrage: 18 years
name of their ambassador to the U.s: Ramon Gil-Casares Satrustegul
Location of Their embassy: Washington DC
Location of their consulate in the u,s:Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami,New York City, San Francisco, San Juan
Name of U.S Ambassador to them: James Costos
Location of U.S embassy there: Madrid
location of U.S conslute there: Barcelona
Name of their Representative to UN:Roman Oyarzum Marchesi
Picture of their flag:
Description of the symbolism of flag: National coat of arms, Quartered to display original Kingdom of Spain, Red scroll with Imperial motto
National symbols: Pillars of Hercules
Descriptions of international disputes: 2002 Gibraltar Residents voted to reject shared sovereignty
Quality of refugees inside country and stateless: 36
Quality of internally displaced persons: transit and destination
description of current human trafficking :
description of illicit drug trafficking/use: Despite efforts from Spain, the coast is used for large shipments of cocaine/ consumer of Latin cocaine and North African hashish, destination for heroin
Capital city: Madrid
Type of Government: Parliamentary Monarch
Date of Independence: 1492
National Holiday: October 12 (date when Columbus 1st set foot in the Americas)
Chief of State: King Felipe
Head of Government:Mariano Rajoy
Description of Executive Branch: President of the Government (Prime Minister equivalent) Mariano RAJOY (since 20 December 2011); Vice President (and Minister of the President's Office) Soraya SAENZ DE SANTAMARIA (since 22 December 2011)
Description of Legislative: bicameral; General Courts or Las Cortes Generales (National Assembly) consists of the Senate or Senado (257 seats as of 2013; 208 members directly elected by popular vote and the other 49 - as of 2013 - appointed by the regional legislatures and 265 seats as of 2014; 208 members directly elected by popular vote and the other 57 - as of 2014 - appointed by the regional legislatures; members to serve four-year terms) and the Congress of Deputies or Congreso de los Diputados (350 seats; each of the 50 electoral provinces fills a minimum of two seats and the North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla fill one seat each with members serving a four-year term; the other 248 members are determined by proportional representation based on popular vote on block lists who serve four-year terms)
Description of Judicial: National Court; High Courts of Justice (in each of the autonomous communities); provincial courts; courts of first instance
Suffrage: 18 years
name of their ambassador to the U.s: Ramon Gil-Casares Satrustegul
Location of Their embassy: Washington DC
Location of their consulate in the u,s:Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami,New York City, San Francisco, San Juan
Name of U.S Ambassador to them: James Costos
Location of U.S embassy there: Madrid
location of U.S conslute there: Barcelona
Name of their Representative to UN:Roman Oyarzum Marchesi
Picture of their flag:
Description of the symbolism of flag: National coat of arms, Quartered to display original Kingdom of Spain, Red scroll with Imperial motto
National symbols: Pillars of Hercules
Descriptions of international disputes: 2002 Gibraltar Residents voted to reject shared sovereignty
Quality of refugees inside country and stateless: 36
Quality of internally displaced persons: transit and destination
description of current human trafficking :
description of illicit drug trafficking/use: Despite efforts from Spain, the coast is used for large shipments of cocaine/ consumer of Latin cocaine and North African hashish, destination for heroin