The Ayuntamiento de Granada is the institution charged with the government and administration of the Spanish municipality of
Granada
Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...
.
History
;Early modern period
Following the conquest of Granada in 1492, the offices of ''corregidor'' and ''regidor(es)'' were established in Granada. While the Constitutive Charter granted by the
Catholic Monarchs
The Catholic Monarchs were Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, whose marriage and joint rule marked the ''de facto'' unification of Spain. They were both from the House of Trastámara and were second cousins, being bot ...
on 20 September 1500 has been traditionally framed by most authors as the point of origin of the city's municipal regime, the document has been more recently argued to rather be a reform or restructuration of preexisting political realities. The latter royal stipulations established a municipal institutional structure consisting of 1 ''corregidor'', 24 regidores and 2 ordinary ''
alcaldes
Alcalde (; ) is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An ''alcalde'' was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian '' cabildo'' (the municipal council) a ...
'', remaining a ''
corregimiento
''Corregimiento'' (; ca, Corregiment, ) is a Spanish term used for country subdivisions for royal administrative purposes, ensuring districts were under crown control as opposed to local elites. A ''corregimiento'' was usually headed by a '' corr ...
'' from then on for most of the Early Modern period. Throughout this period, the number of ''regidores'' ranged from 44 (1587) to 15 (1787), while a military background (''capa y espada'') prevailed vis-à-vis the extraction of the monarch-appointed ''corregidor'', the highest ranking official. Most often, the two ''alcaldes'' were experts in law covering the shortcomings of the ''corregidor'' on that field. While originally the ''regidores'' were appointed at the discretion of the monarch, eventually the trade of the condition of ''regidor'' thrived.
Structure
It is formed by the Plenary (''Pleno''), the Mayor (''alcalde'') and the Local Government Board (''Junta de Gobierno Local'').
The Plenary of the Ayuntamiento is the body of
political representation
Political representation is the activity of making citizens "present" in public policy-making processes when political actors act in the best interest of citizens. This definition of political representation is consistent with a wide variety of vi ...
of the citizens in the
municipal government
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
. Its members (as of 2019, 27), known as ''concejales'' (" municipal councillors"), are elected for a 4-year mandate following the schedule of the country-wide municipal elections. They are organised in municipal groups.
The mayor (''alcalde''), the supreme representative of the city, presides over the ayuntamiento. The mayor is invested by the municipal councillors from among themselves following each municipal election.
The Local Government Board consists of the mayor, the deputy mayor(s) and a number of delegates assuming the portfolios for the different government areas, delegated by the mayor. All those positions are held by municipal councillors.
Following the May 2019 municipal election, (
Citizens
Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection".
Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...
), was invested as Mayor of Granada on 15 June 2019.
Headquarters
The city hall is located at a building in the plaza del Carmen, the undemolished part of a convent of female
Discalced Carmelites
The Discalced Carmelites, known officially as the Order of the Discalced Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel ( la, Ordo Fratrum Carmelitarum Discalceatorum Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo) or the Order of Discalced Carme ...
where the municipal premises were moved to from the old ''
Madrasah of Granada
The Madrasa of Granada ( es, Madraza de Granada, also known as the Palacio de la Madraza or the Madrasa Yusufiyya, ) was a madrasa in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It was founded in 1349 by the Nasrid monarch Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada.ecclesial ''desamortización''.