Gobierno de Aragon

Aragón became a Kingdom in the 11th Century, although its origins date back to pre-Roman times. The historical path of the Independent Community of Aragón, from its beginnings as a political organisation in the 8th century in valleys of Echo and Canfranc to the present day, is laid out in a series of crucial events which apply as much to Aragón as to the rest of Europe: the Commitment of Caspe, the expansion of the Aragonese Principality to the Mediterranean, the political leadership of Fernando II the Catholic and his grandson Carlos I, the Moorish culture, the ‘Ilustración española’, the War of Independence, and the Spanish Civil War.

Nowadays Aragón’s leadership is comparatively autonomous and has been one of the pioneers in statute reform. Aragón has also given the world politicians, philosophers, scientists, and artists, representatives of a rich and universal culture: Martial, Avempace, Miguel Servet, Gracián, Goya, Ramon and Cajal, or Buñuel, Carlos and Antonio Saura.

Aragon is made up of three provinces: Huesca, Zaragoza and Teruel. The capital of the region is Zaragoza.

Aragon's Statute states that the autonomous region has a Regional Assembly, a President, a Regional Council and a Department of Justice. Aragon's Assembly comprises 67 elected assembly members. They include 18 from the province of Huesca, 15 from the province of Teruel and 34 from the province of Zaragoza.