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Government type
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Capital
Madrid
Legislature
Cortes Generales (Congress of Deputies and Senate)
Executive
Prime minister (President of the Government) nominated by the monarch and confirmed through an investiture vote in the Congress of Deputies. Constructive no-confidence mechanism requires naming an alternative candidate.
