# Who elects the president of the Government?

Question 1120 · Task 1 · Government, legislation and civic participation · CCSE 2026

**In Spanish, as in the exam:** ¿Quién elige al presidente del Gobierno?

- a) El Congreso de los Diputados. (The Congreso de los Diputados (Congress of Deputies).) · Right answer
- b) El rey. (The king.)
- c) El Tribunal Supremo. (The Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court).)

**Right answer:** a) El Congreso de los Diputados.

## Why

The Congreso de los Diputados elects the president of the Government by voting on the investiture. Then the king officially appoints the president, but does not elect them.

Question 1120 of the Manual de preparación de la prueba CCSE 2026 © Instituto Cervantes: https://cervantes.org/sites/public/produccion/files/2026-10/manual-preparacion-prueba-ccse-2026.pdf

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