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 of Autonomy, the basic organic law of the community, defines it as the supreme institution of representation of the Asturian people.

General Junta of the Principality of Asturias Junta General del Principado de Asturias (Spanish) Xunta Xeneral del Principáu d'Asturies (Asturian)
12th General Junta
Type
Type	Spanish regional legislature
Houses	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Juan Cofiño, PSOE since 26 June 2023
Vice President	María Celia Fernández Fernández, PSOE since 24 June 2019
Second Vice President	Pablo Álvarez-Pire Santiago, PP since 24 June 2019
Secretary	Ovidio Zapico, IU/IX-IAS since 24 June 2019
Structure
Seats	45
Political groups	Government (22)   PSOE (19)   IU/IX–IAS (3) Supported by (1)   Podemos (1) Opposition (22)   PP (17)   Vox (4)   FAC (1)
Elections
Voting system	Closed party lists in three constituencies (center 34, East 6, West 5) with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method
Last election	28 May 2023
Meeting place
Regional Palace, Oviedo
Website
www.jgpa.es

Established in 1982, it has the name of an Asturian political institution that existed from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. The General Junta exercises the legislative power, approves the budgets of the community, and guides and controls the action of the Council of Government, the executive power, whose leader it elects as the "President of the Principality of Asturias". It also exercises all competences conferred or devolved to the autonomous communities in the Constitution of Spain and assumed by the community itself in its Statute of Autonomy and any other relevant law.

The General Junta is integrated by 45 members called "deputies" (in Spanish: diputados) for a period of four years unless it is dissolved by the President of the Principality, who then calls for new elections. The General Junta meets at the Regional Palace in Oviedo.