Secretariat General

Introduction

This body includes the different administrative and technical services of the House, carried out by civil servants, and it has a professional character. Under the superior authority of the Bureau and of the Speaker, it corresponds to the Secretariat General to offer support to the parliamentary bodies and Members of Congress in carrying out their tasks. More definitively , it gives judicial and technical advice to said bodies, facilitates various services and organizes the exact material and human resources necessary in order that the Chamber can meet and exercise its functions. It is directed by the Secretary-General, who is named by the Bureau of Congress at the request of the Speaker, among the clerks (letrados de las Cortes Generales) of the Spanish parliament with more than five years of effective service. Its basic units comprise, in addition to its own Secretary-General, two adjoined Secretariats-General, and the Technical-Parliamentary Assistance Leadership unit, along with other Leadership units, including the following: Committees, Studies, Documentation, Library and Archives, Economic Subjects, Infrastructure,  Parliamentary Relations, Internal Government and Intervention.
Staff regulations of Spanish ParliamentStaff regulations of Spanish Parliament
Modification approved on 16th September 2008Modification approved on 16th September 2008
Modificación del Estatuto del Personal de las Cortes Generales aprobada por acuerdo de 21 de septiembre de 2009 de las Mesas del Congreso de los Diputados y del Senado en reunión conjuntaModificación del Estatuto del Personal de las Cortes Generales aprobada por acuerdo de 21 de septiembre de 2009 de las Mesas del Congreso de los Diputados y del Senado en reunión conjunta
Staff regulations of Spanish ParliamentStaff regulations of Spanish Parliament
Common rules to draw up the staff structure of the Secretariat General of the Congress and the SenateCommon rules to draw up the staff structure of the Secretariat General of the Congress and the Senate
Organization rules of the CongressOrganization rules of the Congress
Staff structure of the CongressStaff structure of the Congress
Staff structure of the Cortes GeneralesStaff structure of the Cortes Generales
Services of the Cortes Generales and Congress :organizationServices of the Cortes Generales and Congress :organization
Collective Bargaining Agreement of the Congress personnelCollective Bargaining Agreement of the Congress personnel