Council of Government

Council of Government
Consejo de Gobierno Colegio de Monsa
Incumbent Andrés Telle, Carolina Montero, Manuel Quintana Ojeda, María José Pontevedra, Luís Aranegui Ortega, Ignacio del Campo Roble, Alberto Garzón Uriarte
Appointer	Parliament of Monsa
Term length	4 years
Formation	1904 (1904)
Website	www.colegio.ms

The Council of Government, commonly called Colegio of Monsa (Monsan: Consejo de Gobierno or Colegio de Monsa) of Monsa is the Prince's governing body, executive branch and collective Head of Government. It is formed by seven Ministers, which are elected by the Parliament of Monsa and the Prince, who acts as Head of State of the Principality. The executive council is responsible of taking actions over the important happenings of the Principality and of representing the government policy.

All members, including the Minister of State and the Prince have equal power, although the meetings are presided by both the Minister of State and the Prince. Ministers can freely debate proposed decisions and express their opinion on any aspect of cabinet policy but after decisions are made, the members of the council are obliged to support them, although disagreement is uncommon as members generally sought consensus over important matters. The process for the election of the members start after the General Elections when the population, by universal suffrage, elects the members of the Parliament; the party that received the most votes during these elections will choose four members for the Colegio or Council and the second party will choose others three. Since the 2018 General Election, the Council is composed by the Christian Democratic Party (Democracia Cristiana), which leads both Council and Parliament, and Monsan Alliance (Alianza de Monsa); the current Minister of State is María José Pontevedra and the Vice Minister of State Luís Aranegui Ortega.

Although the official name of the colegio is Council of Government, it is often called Colegio de Monsa, even institutionally. The word colegio comes from the Monsan language and derivatives from term sistema colegiado or collegiate body, term that was widely used in media to refer to the system implemented after the introduction of the Head of Government in Monsa.

Composition

Member		Portrait	Joined	Party	Function
	Andrés Telle Alvear		1 February 2018	Christian Democracy	Minister of Economy and Finances
	Marina Lagarde		1 February 2018	Christian Democracy	Minister of Foreign Relations and International Cooperation
	Manuel Quintana Ojeda		1 February 2018	Christian Democracy	Minister of Interior
	María José Pontevedra		1 February 2018	Christian Democracy	Minister of Healthcare & Minister of State
	Luís Aranegui Ortega		1 February 2018	Monsan Alliance	Minister of Education and Research & Vice Minister of State
	Ignacio del Campo Roble		1 February 2018	Monsan Alliance	Minister of Ecological Transition and Sustainable Development
	Elena Garzón Uriarte		1 February 2018	Monsan Alliance	Minister of Social Development and Housing