Practice question · True or false
In Spain the head of state and the head of government are the same person.
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- Ask who reigns and who governs.
- The King is head of state; the President of the Government is head of government.
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False
Why
False. The King is head of state and reigns without ruling; the President of the Government is head of government and holds office by the confidence of the Congress. Collapsing the two is what produces the mistaken picture of a Spanish "president" in the American sense.
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