Editing Extremadura (section)

== Government and administration ==
=== Autonomous ===
The [[Statute of Autonomy]] of Extremadura (enacted in 1983) is the fundamental organic law regulating the autonomous government, and it establishes the institutions through which the autonomous community exerts its powers:<ref name=estatuto>{{Smallcaps|Jefatura del Estado}}: {{Cite journal|journal=[[Boletín Oficial del Estado]]|issue=49|date=26 February 1983|url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1983/02/26/pdfs/A05580-05586.pdf|pages=5580–5586|title=Ley 1/1983, de 25 de febrero, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Extremadura|issn=0212-033X}}</ref>
[[File:El Pleno de la Asamblea de Extremadura.jpg|thumb|right|The hemicycle of the Assembly of Extremadura]]
* [[Assembly of Extremadura]]. The following are some of the functions conferred to the legislature: exerting legislative power in the autonomous community, the promotion and control of the Junta of Extremadura, the passing of the regional budget, the designation of senators correspondent to the autonomous community or the control of the media dependent on the regional government.<ref name=estatuto /> Its members (currently 65) are directly elected through the means of proportional representation and close party lists with an [[electoral threshold]] of 5% (the most benign between the total voting percentage and the voting percentage in a particular electoral district) in two electoral districts: [[Badajoz (Assembly of Extremadura constituency)|Badajoz]] and [[Cáceres (Assembly of Extremadura constituency)|Cáceres]], corresponding to the two provinces of the region.
* [[Junta of Extremadura]]. It is the collegiate body comprised by the regional president, the vice-president and the ministers (''consejeros'') exerting the executive and administrative functions of the regional government.<ref name=estatuto />
* [[President of the Regional Government of Extremadura|President of the Junta of Extremadura]]. The officeholder is charged with directing and coordinating the action of the Junta of Extremadura, being the highest representative of Extremadura while also holding the ordinary representation of the State in the region. The regional president is elected by the legislature from among its members, needing to command an absolute majority of votes in the first round of investiture or a simple majority of positive votes in successive rounds. The president personally selects the ministers of the Junta.<ref name=estatuto />

=== Provincial ===
The government body for each of the provinces is the [[Provincial deputation (Spain)|deputation]] (''diputación''): the [[Provincial Deputation of Badajoz]] and the [[Provincial Deputation of Cáceres]]. The members of the plenary of the deputation are indirectly elected from among the municipal councillors based on the results of the municipal elections. In turn, the plenary elects the president of the deputation from among its members.