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Council of Government
Consejo de Gobierno
Colegio de Monsa
Coat of arms of Monaco.svg
(Isabel Celaá) 20190201 7957 Felpeto Congreso Educación (32009716007) (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
María de la Serna Quintana, Ignacio Tarrasa Prat-Gay, Susana Aramburuzabala Larregui, Carmen Bargallo y Cuixart, Manuel Quintana Ojeda, Ana de Guindos y Pastor, Pío Paniagua del Henar
AppointerParliament of Monsa
Term length4 years
Formation1904; 120 years ago (1904)
Websitewww.colegio.ms

The Council of Government, commonly called Colegio of Monsa (Monsan: Consejo de Gobierno or Colegio de Monsa) and colloquially Colegio is Monsa'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 Monarch have equal power, although the meetings are presided by both the Minister of State and the Head of State. 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 2021 General Election, the Council is composed by the Citizens-Green Coalition (Coalición Ciudadana-Verdes), which was the most voted party, and the Christian Democratic Party (Democracia Cristiana); the current Minister of State is María de la Serna Quintana and the Vice Minister of State Ignacio Tarrasa Prat-Gay.

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
María de la Serna Quintana (Isabel Celaá) 20190201 7957 Felpeto Congreso Educación (32009716007) (cropped).jpg 10 September 2021 Citizens-Green Coalition Minister of State & Minister of Economy and Finances
Ignacio Tarrasa Prat-Gay Ramon Tremosa retrat oficial govern 2020 (cropped).jpg 10 September 2021 Citizens-Green Coalition Vice Minister of State & Minister of Education and Research
Susana Aramburuzabala Larregui Teresa Ribera 2018b (cropped).jpg 10 September 2021 Citizens-Green Coalition Minister of Healthcare
Carmen Bargallo y Cuixart Isabel García Tejerina 2017 (cropped).jpg 10 September 2021 Citizens-Green Coalition Minister of Ecological Transition and Sustainable Development
Manuel Quintana Ojeda (Alberto Núñez Feijóo) Junta Directiva Nacional del PP, 4 de septiembre de 2017 Cifuentes-Feijóo (cropped).jpg 10 September 2021 Christian Democracy Minister of Interior
Ana de Guindos y Pastor (Florence Parly) 190907-D-BN624-0170 (48694393657) (cropped).jpg 10 September 2021 Christian Democracy Minister of Social Development and Housing
Pío Paniagua del Henar José Luis Ábalos 2018 (cropped).jpg 10 September 2021 Christian Democracy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation