The President of the Principality of Asturias ( es, Presidente del Principado de Asturias); ast, Presidente del Principáu d'Asturies) is the head of

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of the Spanish

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Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensiv ...

. The president is chosen by the

General Junta of the Principality of Asturias 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 o ...

, autonomous parliamentary institution.

Election

The president is elected after the constitution of the General Junta or after the cessation of the former president. A deputy can be nominated as candidate only if at least five members propose him. During the Investiture proceedings the nominees present their political agenda in an Investiture Speech to be debated and submitted for a

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by the General Junta, effecting an

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of the head of government. A simple majority confirms the nominee and his program. At the moment of the vote, the confidence is awarded if the candidate receives a majority of votes in the first poll (currently 23 out of 45 deputies), but if the confidence is not awarded, a second vote is scheduled two days later in which a simple majority of votes cast (i.e., more "yes" than "no" votes) is required.

Headquarters

The headquarters of the President of the Principality of Asturias are located in Oviedo. The building is in the back part of the

and both buildings are connected by an underground passage. The building was formerly the seat of the Bank of Spain in Oviedo until 1982 The Principality of Asturias acquired the building 1982 and reformed it for its current use between 1983 and 1985.

Election

Headquarters

List of officeholders

Timeline

Notes

References

See also