The 14th Congress of Deputies is the current meeting of the Congress of Deputies, the

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of the Spanish Cortes Generales, with the membership determined by the results of the

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held on 10 November 2019. The congress met for the first time on 3 December 2019. According to the Constitution of Spain the maximum legislative term of the congress is 4 years from the preceding election.

Election

The 14th Spanish general election under the 1978 Constitution was held on 10 November 2019. It saw the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) remaining the largest party in the Congress of Deputies, but falling short of a majority.

History

The new congress met for the first time on 3 December 2019 and after two rounds of voting Meritxell Batet (PSOE) was elected as

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with the support of the Unidos Podemos–En Comú Podem (UP–ECP) and various nationalist and regionalist parties. Other members of the Bureau of the Congress of Deputies were also elected on 21 May 2019: Alfonso Rodríguez (PSOE), First Vice-President; Ana Pastor (PP), Second Vice-President;

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(UP), Third Vice-President;

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(Vox), Fourth Vice-President;

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(ECP), First Secretary;

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(PSOE), Second Secretary; Javier Sánchez (UP), Third Secretary; and Adolfo Suárez (PP), Fourth Secretary.

Government

Shortly after the election the PSOE and UP–ECP agreed to form a

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, the first in Spain since the restoration of democracy. Caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (POSE) was re-elected narrowly in January 2020 with the support of the UP–ECP and various nationalist and regionalist parties.

Deaths, resignations and expulsions

The 14th congress has seen the following deaths, resignations and expulsions: * 13 January 2020 – Beatriz Corredor (PSOE) resigned for personal reasons. She was replaced by Isaura Leal (PSOE) on 4 February 2020. * 15 January 2020 – Dolores Delgado (PSOE) resigned after being appointed

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. She was replaced by

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(PSOE) on 4 February 2020. * 21 January 2020 –

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(UP) and Francisco Salazar (PSOE) resigned after being appointed Director of the Labour Inspesctorate and deputy chief of staff of the government respectively. They were replaced by Rosa Medel (UP) and

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(PSOE) respectively on 4 February 2020. * 22 January 2020 –

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(PSOE) resigned after being appointed Minister of Economy, Research and Employment of the

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. She was replaced by Juan Fuentes (PSOE) on 4 February 2020. * 27 January 2020 –

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(PSOE) resigned after being appointed High Commissioner for a Entrepreneurial Nation. He was replaced by Sonia Guerra (PSOE) on 4 February 2020. * 29 January 2020 – José Guirao (PSOE) resigned to return to cultural management and

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(UP) resigned after being appointed government delegate against

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. They were replaced by Indalecio Gutiérrez (PSOE) and

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(UP) respectively on 4 February 2020. * 11 February 2020 – José Manuel Franco (PSOE), José Javier Izquierdo (PSOE) and María Marrodán (PSOE) resigned after being appointed government delegates in the Community of Madrid,

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and La Rioja respectively. They were replaced by Rafael Vélez (PSOE), Julio del Valle (PSOE) and Raquel Pedraja (PSOE) respectively. * 21 February 2020 -

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, José Montilla Martos, Luis Planas, Teresa Ribera, Margarita Robles,

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, Pedro Saura (PSOE) resigned as Deputies to focus on their minister or junior minister positions. They were replaced by Daniel Senderos,

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, Gema López, Inmaculada Oria, Antonio Hurtado Zurera,

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, José Ramón Ortega and Carmen Baños respectively. * 13 March 2020 -

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and Marina Ortega (PSOE) resigned to run in the

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. They were replaced by Diego Taibo and

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respectively. * 21 May 2020 -

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(Cs) resigned. He was replaced by Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez. * 15 July 2020 -

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(PP) resigned. She was replaced by Gabriel Elorriaga. * 12 November 2020 - Carlos Fernández-Roca (Vox) resigned. He was replaced by

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. * 31 January 2021 -

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(PP) resigned to focus in her job as mayor of Marín, Pontevedra. She was replaced by

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. * 4 March 2021 -

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(JxCat) resigned after being elected to the Parliament of Catalonia in the

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. He was replaced by Josep Pagès. * 11 March 2021 - Laura Borràs (JxCat) and

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(Vox) resigned after being elected to the Parliament of Catalonia in the 2021 Catalan regional election. They were replaced by

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and Juan Carlos Segura respectively. * 26 March 2021 - Pablo Iglesias Turrión (UP) resigned in order to run for President of the Community of Madrid in the

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, he was replaced by

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. Marta Martín Llaguno (Cs) resigned, she was replaced by Juan Ignacio López-Bas. *4 May 2021 -

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( ERC) was expelled following a debarment procedure from the Supreme Court of Spain. He was replaced by Gerard Álvarez i García. *8 June 2021 - María Márquez Guerrero (UP) resigned and was replaced by Miguel Ángel Bustamante Martín. *27 July 2021 - Pilar Cancela Rodríguez (PSOE) resigned after being named secretary of State of International Cooperation. She was replaced by Natividad González Laso. *5 October 2021 - Noelia Vera (UP) resigned and retired from politics, and was replaced by Juan Antonio Delgado Ramos. *22 October 2021 - Alberto Rodríguez (UP) was expelled following a debarment procedure from the Supreme Court of Spain. No other UP candidate took his seat, remaining vacant in protest for the ruling. *30 November 2021 - Teresa Jiménez-Becerril (PP) resigned when appointed associate to the Spanish Ombudsman. She was replaced by Ricardo Tarno. *28 March 2022 - Manuel Gabriel González Ramos (PSOE) resigned when appointed to the board of directors of Enagás. He was replaced by José Carlos Díaz Rodríguez. *4 April 2022 -

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(PP),

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, resigned after a party rebellion against him. He was replaced by Percival Manglano. *21 April 2022 - Pablo Montesinos (PP) resigned in solidarity with former party leader Pablo Casado. He was replaced by Ángel Luis González Muñoz. *27 June 2022 -

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(Vox) and Juan Antonio Delgado Ramos (UP) resigned after being elected to the Parliament of Andalusia in the

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. They were replaced by Onofre Miralles and José Luis Bueno Pinto respectively. *30 June 2022 -

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(NC) resigned. He was replaced by María Fernández Pérez.

Members

Notes

References

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