Editing Cantabria (section)

==Government and administration==
The [[Autonomy Statute of Cantabria]]<ref>{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20040428235824/http://www.congreso.es/constitucion/estatutos/ind_estatutos.jsp?com=69 Constitución española: Estatuto de Autonomía de Cantabria.] Congreso de los Diputados: España; retrieved 9 June 2007.</ref> of 30 December 1981, established that Cantabria has in its institutions the desire to respect fundamental rights and public freedom, at the same time as consolidating and stimulating regional development through democratic channels. This document gathers all competences of the Autonomous Community that were transferred from the [[Government of Spain]]. As in other Autonomous Communities, some competences were not transferred, for example, Justice. The Statute also defines the symbols that should represent the region: The [[Flag of Cantabria|flag]], the [[Coat of arms of Cantabria|coat of arms]] and the [[Himno de Cantabria|anthem of Cantabria]].

The [[Parliament of Cantabria]]<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.parlamento-cantabria.es Actividad Parlamentaria], Parlamento de Cantabria website; retrieved 9 June 2007.</ref> is the principal self-government institution of the Autonomous Community, being the representative body of the Cantabrians. Presently it is constituted by thirty-nine deputies elected by universal, equal, free, direct and secret suffrage. The primary functions of the Parliament are: to exercise the [[legislation|legislative power]], to approve the budgets of the Autonomous Community, to motivate and control the actions of the government, and to develop the rest of the competences that the [[Spanish Constitution]], the Autonomy Statute and the rest of the legal order bestow on it. The [[President of Cantabria|President of the Autonomous Community]] holds the highest representation of the Community and ordinary representation of the Country in Cantabria, and presides over the Government, coordinating its activities.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

The [[Government of Cantabria]]<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.gobcantabria.es/portal/page?_pageid=33,31118&_dad=interportal&_schema=INTERPORTAL Consejo de Gobierno]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313195904/http://www.gobcantabria.es/portal/page?_pageid=33%2C31118&_dad=interportal&_schema=INTERPORTAL |date=13 March 2007 }}, gobcantabria.es; retrieved 9 June 2007.</ref> is the body in charge of directing the political activities and exercising the executive and regulatory powers according to the Constitution, the Statute and the laws. The Government is made up of the President, the Vicepresident (in which the President can delegate his executive functions and representations) and the Councillors, who are appointed and ceased by the President.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

After several legislatures presided by the [[People's Party (Spain)|Partido Popular]] or by Juan Hormaechea's UPCA, the Regional Government of Cantabria was directed by a coalition of the [[Regionalist Party of Cantabria]] and [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] (PSOE) from year 2003 until 2011. The President was [[Miguel Ángel Revilla]] of [[Partido Regionalista de Cantabria]] (PRC), and the Vice President was Dolores Gorostiaga of the PSOE. As a result of the absolute majority of the [[People's Party (Spain)|Partido Popular]] in the regional elections of 2011, the president from 2011 to 2015 was [[Ignacio Diego Palacios]], and the Vice President was also the healthcare Councillor, Maria José Sáenz de Buruaga. After the 2015 regional elections, Miguel Ángel Revilla of Partido Regionalista de Cantabria (PRC) was invested president for a third tenure with the support of PSOE.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}