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Political parties in Andorra
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Government Until very recently, Andorras political system had no clear division of powers into executive, legislative, and judicial branches. ...
A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. ...
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| The General Council of the Valleys (in Catalan, Consell General de les Valls) is the unicameral parliament of Andorra. Catalan or Valencian (Català , Valencià ) is a Romance language understood by as many as 12 million people in portions of Spain, France, Andorra and Italy, although the majority of active Catalan speakers are in Spain. ...
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Organisation It has twenty-eight members, serving four-year terms. Fourteen are elected at large, by proportional representation from a single constituency of the entire nation; the other fourteen are elected by the seven parishes which make up Andorra. This is a recent development; originally, the seven parishes had each returned four deputies. However, as parishes varied in population from 350 to 2,500, this was felt to be significantly imbalanced, and a national list was introduced for the 1997 elections to counter the disproportionate power held by the smallest parishes. Proportional representation (PR) is any election system which ensures a proportionally representative result of a democratic election, x% of votes should be represented by x% in the democratic institutions, parliament or congress. ...
Andorra consists of seven communities known as parishes (parròquies, singular - parròquia): Andorra la Vella Canillo Encamp Escaldes-Engordany La Massana Ordino Sant Julià de Lòria (Note on map: The eastern half of the border between Canillo and Encamp is vague and may not be entirely accurate, as...
The Council appoints a presiding officer, titled the sindic, and their deputy, the subsindic. The Sindic is President of the General Council of Andorra. ...
The General Council (subject to approval of the co-Princes) elects the head of government, the Executive Council President. The President, in turn, appoints the remainder of the Executive Council, which consists of themselves and seven appointed ministers. The current President, following the recent elections, is Albert Pintat Santolària, himself previously a member of the Executive Council. This is a list of Co-Princes of Andorra. ...
Albert Pintat Santolària (born 1943) is the executive council president (head of government) of Andorra. ...
Membership The most recent elections were those of April 2005, giving the Liberal Party of Andorra fourteen seats, and the Social Democratic Party, the main opposition party, eleven. The remaining three seats are held by two minor parties. Again, political parties are a recent innovation; the first party was formed in 1976, and they only gained legal recognition in 1992. Andorra held elections for its 28-seat General Council on 24 April 2004. ...
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The Social Democratic Party is the second-largest political party in Andorra. ...
Despite this narrow margin, the Liberal Party was able to form a government; it has now won three consecutive elections, and has been in power since 1994. The opposition is currently led by Jaume Bartumeu of the Social Democrats. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
Jaume Bartumeu Cassany (born 10 November 1954 in Andorra la Vella) is an Andorran lawyer and founding member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in June 2000. ...
History The first parliament in Andorra was established in 1419, as the Consell de la Terra. Councillors were elected by the population, and the council appointed syndics to manage the administration of the principality. It remained in force for several hundred years, slowly becoming the fiefdom of a few major families; this caused popular discontent by the nineteenth century, and major reforms were instituted in 1886. Events January 19 - Hundred Years War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which brings Normandy under the control of England. ...
1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ...
The reforms were masterminded by Guillem de Areny y de Plandolit, and had several effects:
- The Consell de la Terra was abolished, and replaced by the Consell General de las Valls, with a syndic and vice-syndic
- The franchise was extended to all heads of families
- Regular elections were laid down; in this case, twelve of the twenty-four (as there then were) councillors were to be elected every two years
In the 1930s, matters again began to boil over; one point of particular contention was that the Council had begun regularly referring to Andorra as a republic, which understandably caused some contention with the co-princes. The General Council was dissolved on their order in June 1933, and a special election called to re-elect it. The opportunity was taken to change the voting laws; at this point, all men over twenty-five could vote, and all men over thirty stand for election. Suffrage is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. ...
1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In 1970 the vote was extended to women over twenty-five; in 1971 the qualifying age for all electors was lowered to twenty-one, and that of candidates to twenty-five. Women gained the right to run for office in 1973, and in 1978 a referendum was held on the matter of further reform. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...
1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...
1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...
Later that year, a seventh parish (Escaldes-Engordany) was formed, bringing the numbers of councillors to twenty-eight. Categories: Europe geography stubs ...
In 1982, the Executive Council was created, comprising the Executive Council President and four councillors with ministerial duties.
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