General State Administration

The General State Administration (Spanish: Administración General del Estado) is one of the Public Administrations of Spain. It is the only administration with powers throughout the national territory and it is controlled by the central government.

It comprises a:

• Central Organization (Government, Council of Ministers, Government Delegated Committees, Ministries, General Commission of Secretaries of State and Undersecretaries and Interministerial Committees).
• Peripheral Organization (Delegations of the Government in the Autonomous Communities, the Sub-delegations of the Government in the Provinces and the Insular Directorates of the General State Administration).
• (The) State Administration Abroad (Embassies and consulates)

Its legal regime is set out in article 103 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and its specific organisation and powers by Law 40/2015.^[1] This establishes that it, under the direction of the Government and with full submission to the law, objectively serves the general interest, developing executive functions of an administrative nature.

On October 1, 2016, the forerunner Law 6/1997 was replaced by the 2015 law stated.^[2]