President of the Senate of Spain

President of the Senate Presidente del Senado
Incumbent Pilar Llop since 3 December 2019
Senate of Spain
Style	The Most Excellent
Seat	Palacio del Senado, Madrid
Nominator	Major parties
Appointer	The Senate
Term length	The duration of the Senate's meeting; normally four years with no limit.
Constituting instrument	Royal Statue (original) Spanish Constitution (current)
Inaugural holder	The Duke of Bailén
Formation	April 16, 1834
Deputy	Vice Presidents of the Senate
Salary	€177,000 annually (2017)[1]

The President of the Senate of Spain is the speaker of the Spanish Senate, the upper house of Spain's Cortes Generales. It is the fourth leading political figure of the country after the Monarch (Head of State), the Prime Minister (Head of Government) and the President of the Congress of Deputies (Speaker of the Lower House).

He/She is elected by members of the Senate.

As of the 14th term of the Cortes Generales, the current officeholder is Pilar Llop, a member of the Socialist Parliamentary Group representing Madrid.^[2]

References

1. "Estos son los cargos públicos de España que más cobran". www.publico.es. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
2. "Catalan Socialists Batet and Cruz confirmed as Spanish parliament and senate speakers". VilaWeb (in Catalan). Retrieved 2019-06-04.