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( Monarchy of Spain)
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Spain The Spanish monarchy (Spanish Monarquía española) is the parliamentary monarchy of Spain. The King or Queen regent of Spain (Rey de España or Reina de España) is the Head of State and the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish Armed Forces. The king also arbitrates and moderates the regular functioning of the state institutions. The Monarch's power is partly symbolic, because most royal acts must be countersigned by either the Prime Minister of Spain or other minister and in the case of appointing the prime minister the President of the Congress of Deputies to be valid. However, the monarchy played an important role in Spain's transition from Francoism to multi-party parliamentary democracy in the 1970s, and was crucial in suppressing the 23-F attempted coup d'etat. The current King is Juan Carlos I, who is styled as "His Majesty". The monarchy is established in Title II, articles 56 to 65 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 (in which it is referred to as the Crown of Spain, corona de España). The constitutional title of the monarch is simply "King of Spain". A much longer titulary which contains a list of over 20 kingdoms etc, is not in state use, nor is it used in Spanish diplomacy, but is officially recognized in Article 57 of the Spanish Constitution.[1]
The official residence of the Spanish monarch is the Royal Palace of Madrid (Palacio Real de Madrid). However, the royal family actually resides at the Palacio de la Zarzuela on the outskirts of Madrid.
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