Secretary of State for Territorial Administrations
Secretary of State for Territorial Policy | |
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Secretario de Estado de Política Territorial | |
Monarch | |
Precursor | Minister for Territorial Administration |
Formation | February 20, 1987 |
First holder | José Francisco Peña Díez |
Salary | € 113,145.95 per year[1] |
Website | seat.mpr.gob.es |
The Secretary of State for Territorial Administrations, currently named Secretary of State for Territorial Policy is the highest official of the Ministry of Territorial Policy responsible for the development of the Government's policy about Spain's territorial organization as well as responsible for the relations between the central government and the regional and local authorities.
It's also responsible for the supervision of the decentralized departments of the central government in the regions and impulse and coordination of the Conference of Presidents (the main forum of collaboration between the Prime Minister and the regional leaders), as well as the Presidency of the Council of Official Languages in the General Administration of the State.[2]
Directly from the Secretary of State depends the Secretary General for Territorial Coordination.
History
The need to create a department focused on the coordination of the different state administrations appeared after the approval of the
In 1987, the Ministry of Public Administrations was created, which assumed the powers over the
In 2000, the Secretariat of State changed its name to Secretariat of State for the Territorial Organization of the State and changed its name again in 2004 to Secretariat of State of Territorial Cooperation until 2011 when PM
In 2016, with the economical improvement, the Secretariats of State of Public Function and Territorial Administration were separated again and the latest was integrated with its Ministry in the
Since 2018, the Ministry for Territorial Administrations recovered its independence and was renamed Ministry for Territorial Policy and Public Function (taking the competencies over the civil servants from the Ministry of the Treasury). Briefly, from 2020 to 2021 the Secretariat of State assumed all the competences about civil service.
Structure
Under the Secretary of State are the following officials:[2]
- The Secretary General for Territorial Coordination
- The Director-General for Regional and Local Cooperation
- The Deputy Director-General for Regional Cooperation
- The Deputy Director-General for Bilateral Relations with the Autonomous Communities
- The Deputy Director-General for Local Cooperation
- The Director-General for Regional and Local Legal Regime
- The Deputy Director-General for the Autonomous Legal System
- The Deputy Director-General for the Local Legal System
- The National Coordinator of the Internal Market Information System
- The Director-General for the General State Administration in the Territory
- The Deputy Director-General for Institutional Relations of the General State Administration in the Territory
- The Deputy Director-General for the Coordination of the General State Administration in the Territory
- The Deputy Director-General for Human Resources of the General State Administration in the Territory
- The Deputy Director-General for Financial and Properties Management of the General State Administration in the Territory
- The Inspectorate of Services of the General State Administration in the Territory
- The Director-General for Regional and Local Cooperation
List of secretaries of state
No. | Image | Name | Term of office | Ministers serving under: | Prime Minister appointed by: | ||
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Began | Ended | Days of service | |||||
1º | José Francisco Peña Díez | 28 February 1987 | 11 May 1996 | 3360 | Joan Lerma i Blasco
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Felipe González | |
2º | Jorge Fernández Díaz | 11 May 1996 | 23 January 1999 | 987 | Mariano Rajoy | José María Aznar | |
3º | Francisco Camps | 23 January 1999 | 1 April 2000 | 434 | Ángel Acebes Paniagua
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4º | Gabriel Elorriaga Pisarik | 6 May 2000 | 20 April 2004 | 1445 | Javier Arenas
Julia García-Valdecasas | ||
5º | José Luis Méndez Romeu | 20 April 2004 | 14 May 2005 | 389 | Jordi Sevilla | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero | |
6º | Ana Isabel Leiva Díaz | 14 May 2005 | 14 July 2007 | 791 | |||
7º | Fernando Puig de la Bellacasa | 14 July 2007 | 25 April 2009 | 651 | Elena Salgado | ||
8º | Gaspar Zarrías | 25 April 2009 | 24 December 2011 | 973 | Manuel Chaves González
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9º | Antonio Beteta | 24 December 2011 | 12 November 2016 | 1785 | Cristóbal Montoro | Mariano Rajoy | |
10º | Roberto Bermúdez de Castro Mur | 19 November 2016 | 19 June 2018 | 577 | Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría | ||
11º | Ignacio Sánchez Amor
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23 June 2018 | 29 June 2019 | 371 | Meritxell Batet | Pedro Sánchez
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Miryam Álvarez Páez Acting |
29 June 2019 | 30 January 2020 | 215 | Luis Planas | ||
12º | Francisco Hernández Spínola | 30 January 2020 | 3 February 2021 | 370 | Carolina Darias | ||
- | Miryam Álvarez Páez Acting |
3 February 2021 | 24 February 2021 | 21 | Miquel Iceta | ||
13º | Víctor Francos Díaz | 24 February 2021 | 21 July 2021 | 147 | |||
- | Miryam Álvarez Páez Acting |
21 July 2021 | Incumbent | 994 | Isabel Rodríguez García |
References
- ^ "Retribuciones para el año 2017 para el organismo Ministerio de la Presidencia". transparencia.gob.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ^ a b "Royal Decree 863/2018, of July 13, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Public Function is developed". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ^ "Royal Decree 221/1987, of February 20, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry for Public Administrations is determined". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-26.