Economic and Social Council (Spain)

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Economic and Social Council

Consejo Económico y Social
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Advisory body overview
Formed	June 18, 1991; 32 years ago (1991-06-18)
Jurisdiction	Spanish Government
Headquarters	Huertas Street, 73, Madrid
Annual budget	€ 8 million, 2022[1]
Advisory body executive	Marcos Peña, President
Parent department	Ministry of Labour

The Economic and Social Council (CES) of Spain is one of the two advisory bodies that assist the Government of Spain in its duties. It is the body responsible for advising the Government in socioeconomic and work matters.

The CES is composed by 61 counsellors (including its President) divided in 3 groups of 20. The first group is composed by union representatives, the second group is composed by enterprises representatives and the last group is composed by representatives of the agrarian sector, maritime and fishing sector, consumers, social economy sector and 6 experts in the competences of the Council.

The counsellors are nominated by the different organizations of the sectors that participate in the Council with the exception of the 6 experts, which are nominated by the Minister of Labour and Minister of Economy. All of them are appointed by the Government.

The members of the Council will cease in the cases of expiration of the term of their mandate, at the proposal of the organizations that promoted the appointment, by resignation, due to death, for the evident breach of his dutiesn and for having been convicted of an intentional crime. The President, apart from the mentioned causes, can cease if a joint decision between the ministers of Labour and Economy is made to fire him.^[2]