National
Magistrate of the Constitutional Court
- Spanish: Magistrado o magistrada del Tribunal Constitucional
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the King of Spain
- Exact method
- Appointed by the King for nine years: 4 on the proposal of the Congress (3/5 majority), 4 of the Senate (3/5), 2 of the Government and 2 of the General Council of the Judiciary (Constitution art. 159).
- Chosen by
- King of Spain
- Seats
- 12
Sources
- boe.es · checked Boletin Oficial del Estado, Constitucion Espanola 1978 (consolidated text), read 2026-10-12: structure, selection rules and competences of the Crown, Government, Cortes, Senate, Constitutional Court and Supreme Court. Names in other languages from congreso.es, senado.es, lamoncloa.gob.es. Fallback: Spanish press for the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court presidents because tribunalconstitucional.es returned HTTP 403. For: Magistrate of the Constitutional Court, Magistrate of the Constitutional Court in Spanish
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