What is President of the Senate of Spain?
{{Update|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox official post | post = President | body = the Senate | native_name = <small>Presidente del Senado</small> | insignia = Coat of Arms of the Senate of Spain.svg | insigniasize = 75px | insigniacaption = | department = [[Senate of Spain]] | image = Foto oficial de Pilar Llop.jpg | alt = | incumbent = [[Pilar Llop]] | incumbentsince = 3 December 2019 | style = [[The Most Excellent]] | seat = [[Palacio del Senado]],<br/>[[Madrid]] | residence = | nominator = [[List of political parties in Spain|Major parties]] | nominatorpost = | appointer = The [[Spanish Senate|Senate]] | termlength = The duration of the Senate's meeting; normally four years with no limit. | constituting_instrument = [[Spanish Royal Statute of 1834|Royal Statue]] <small>(original)</small><br/>[[Spanish Constitution]] <small>(current)</small> | inaugural = [[Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén|The Duke of Bailén]] | formation = April 16, 1834 | last = | abolished = | deputy = Vice Presidents of the Senate | salary = [[€]]177,000 annually <small>(2017)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publico.es/politica/sueldos-son-cargos-publicos-espana.html|title=Estos son los cargos públicos de España que más cobran|website=www.publico.es|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref> | website = }} The '''President of the Senate''' of [[Spain]] is the [[Speaker (politics)|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 [[King of Spain|Monarch]] (Head of State), the [[Prime Minister of Spain|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 m