or Congreso de los Diputados (350 seats; members are elected
by popular vote on block lists by proportional representation to serve
four-year terms) election results: 1.5%, CC 1.1%, PIL 0%; seats by party
- PP 127, PSOE 61, CiU 8, PNV 6, CC 5, PIL 1; Congress of Deputies -
percent of vote by party - PP 44.5%, PSOE 34%, CiU 4.2%, IU 5.4%, PNV
1.5%, CC 1%, BNG 1.3%; seats by party - PP 183, PSOE 125, CiU 15, IU 8,
PNV 7, CC 4, BNG 3, other 5 elections: of Deputies - last held 12 March
2000 (next to be held NA March 2004)

Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo

Political parties and leaders: Basque Nationalist Party or PNV [Xabier
ARZALLUS Antia]; Batasuna [Arnaldo OTEGI]; Canarian Coalition or CC (a
coalition of five parties) [Paulino RIVERO]; Convergence and Union or CiU
[Jordi PUJOL i Soley, secretary general] (a coalition of the Democratic
Convergence of Catalonia or CDC [Jordi PUJOL i Soley] and the Democratic
Union of Catalonia or UDC [Josep Antoni DURAN y LLEIDA]); Galician
Nationalist Bloc or BNG [Xose Manuel BEIRAS]; Party of Independents
from Lanzarote or PIL [Dimas MARTIN Martin]; Popular Party or PP [Jose
Maria AZNAR Lopez]; Spanish Socialist Workers Party or PSOE [Jose Luis
RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO]; United Left or IU (a coalition of parties including
the PCE and other small parties) [Gaspar LLAMAZARES]

Political pressure groups and leaders: business and landowning interests;
Catholic Church; free labor unions (authorized in April 1977); Socialist
General Union of Workers or UGT and the smaller independent Workers
Syndical Union or USO; university students; Workers Confederation or CC.OO

International organization participation: AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group,
BIS, CCC, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, ECLAC, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, IADB,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO,
ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, LAIA (observer),
NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNU, UPU, WCL, WEU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WToO, WTrO, ZC

Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
Francisco Javier RUPEREZ chancery: 2375 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20037 consulate(s) general: [1] (202) 833-5670 telephone:
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
George L. ARGYROS embassy: Serrano 75, 28006
[34] (91) 587-2200 FAX:
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