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19-644: The origins of the party dated back to 1954 when the University professor, Enrique Tierno Galván published various academic studies of a Marxist character. In 1965, working together with Raúl Morodo , he formed the Castillian Socialist Federation (Federación Socialista Castellana). Two years later, the party became the 'Partido Socialista del Interior' or the Socialist Party of the Interior, reflecting

38-423: A vote of no confidence approved by the majority of the plenary. This motion necessarily needs to proposed an alternative candidate, being a constructive vote of no confidence . Unlike the previously mentioned governments, the local assemblies has the limit of one vote of no confidence per term. The mayor itself can also propose a vote of confidence to be voted at the plenary in order to pass relevant by-laws or

57-661: A number of regional left wing movements especially the Socialist Party of Andalusia (where they stood under the name ' Socialist Unity '). Overall, the PSP won 816,582 votes (4.46%) and six seats in Congress . In the Senate , Socialist Unity had two representatives elected. In February 1978, the party began entering into discussions with other parties such as the Communist Party of Spain and

76-506: Is entitled to enjoy privileges of the third political rank. The mayor has the responsibility to lead the local government and the local administration; represent the City Council; convene and preside over the sessions of the Plenary; manage, inspectorate and boost the local services and public works; dictate regulations; execute the local budget; head the civil service and hire, fire or sanction

95-623: The Catholic Monarchs – Ferdinand II and Isabella I –in 1480. The Mayor of Madrid reported directly to the President of the Council of the Kingdom of Castile , and had jurisdiction over all parts of the district of Madrid , which included not only the town but also 36 neighbouring villages,. In 1746 Ferdinand VI of Spain abolished the office, appointing a political and military governor in place, but

114-615: The Madrid City Council , the government body of the capital city of Spain . The mayor has the duty of boosting the local policies, it directs the action of the other executive bodies, leads the Local Executive Administration and is accountable to the Plenary for its political management. As head of government, the mayor leads the Government Board and appoints its members. The mayor is also entrusted with chairing

133-613: The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus of Ludwig Wittgenstein . In 1978 he was chosen to write the preamble to the Spanish Constitution . He founded the Popular Socialist Party ( social democrats ) in 1968 and was its president until 1978, when it merged with the larger Spanish Socialist Workers' Party . In 1979 and 1982 he was one of the members of that party elected to the Congress of Deputies . He

152-612: The PSOE about possible future electoral cooperation. Although Tierno denied suggestions of mergers during those discussions, the party congress voted in favour of a merger with the PSOE on 1 April 1978; this was concluded at a joint press conference between Tierno and Felipe Gonzalez, the PSOE leader in April 1978. The following year, Tierno Galván was elected Mayor of Madrid by the PSOE and PCE. Enrique Tierno Galv%C3%A1n Enrique Tierno Galván ( Madrid , 8 February 1918 – Madrid, 19 January 1986)

171-558: The Plenary meetings, although this responsibility can be delegated to another councilmember. The office of mayor has a local nature and must not be confused with the President of the Community of Madrid , the leader of the regional government. Initially Mayors of Madrid had the office of ' Corregidor ' when first instituted in the Kingdom of Castile by Henry III in 1393 and later formalized by

190-470: The budget and if the mayor fails to overcome the motion, it would automatically cease. The mayor cannot propose more than one vote of confidence per year and this kind of motions cannot be proposed on the last year of the 4-year term. The general cases of cessation are death, incapacitation or resignation. The mayor has the authority to appoint, among the councillors that are part of the executive branch, Deputy Mayors ( Tenientes de Alcalde ). The duties of

209-674: The city such as the traffic tunnels by the Atocha railway station , the development of incentives to use buses and other mass transports, the cleaning of the Manzanares river , the main market of the city (Mercamadrid) or the reorganization of the Districts of Madrid . He died in Madrid on 19 January 1986 from a cardiac arrest aged 67. He was interred at cementerio de la Almudena two days later. Mayor of Madrid The Mayor of Madrid presides over

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228-408: The corresponding municipality and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. The mayor is in turn elected by the plenary assembly, with a legal clause providing for the candidate of the most-voted party to be automatically elected to the post in the event no other candidate is to gather an absolute majority of votes. As in the regional or State governments, the mayor can be removed by

247-595: The fact that most of its members were based in Spain in contrast to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), many of whose members were exiles. The party attempted to reach agreements with the PSOE, but ideological differences proved insurmountable. In Francoist Spain , it was an illegal underground movement on University Campuses, and it adopted the Popular Socialist Party name in 1974. Its President

266-531: The following year reversed this reform. With 1833 territorial division of Spain the office of Corregidor was replaced by the office of Mayor, has continued to the present except for two periods: during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera (1920-1930) and after the Second Spanish Republic , which suspended municipalities in Spain (1934-1936), when local governments a management committees created for this purpose. The mayor of Madrid, as well as Barcelona,

285-463: The personnel at its service; head the Madrid Police ; lead the urban planning; exercise all judicial actions to defend the interests of the city; and adopt all necessary measures in case of catastrophe. The election system of mayors is common to all the country. The citizens vote for the local assemblies or councils on the basis of universal suffrage , with all nationals over eighteen, registered in

304-666: The war ended, he continued his studies and got a Ph.D. in Law and another in Philosophy. He held a Chair of Professor at the University of Murcia from 1948 to 1953, and at the University of Salamanca from 1953 until 1965. Afterwards, he worked as a lawyer and occasional professor at Princeton University , Bryn Mawr College and the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan. As a writer, he authored over 30 books, and translated important works such as

323-559: Was Tierno Galván. That same year, the party formed the Spanish Democratic Junta ( Junta Democrática de España ) together with the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and Carlist Party . It defined itself as socialist and Marxist ; in contrast to the PSOE, which had a base in the trade union movement, many PSP members were University Professors and intellectuals. The PSP stood in the Spanish general election, 1977 in coalition with

342-624: Was a Spanish politician, sociologist, lawyer and essayist, best known for being the Mayor of Madrid from 1979 to 1986, at the beginning of the new period of Spanish democracy. His time as Mayor of Madrid was marked by the development of Madrid both administratively and socially, and the cultural movement known as the Movida madrileña . He fought in the Spanish Civil War in the Republican faction . After

361-567: Was elected Mayor of Madrid after the polls of 3 April 1979. As a candidate from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he was the first leftist Mayor of Madrid after four decades of Francoist government. Reelected in 1983, he would remain in office until his death in 1986. During his time as Mayor of Madrid, in addition to his support of the cultural changes of the Movida Madrileña , he promoted or finished many improvements to

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