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Ministry of Digital Transformation (Spain)

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Ministry for the Digital Transformation and of the Civil Service
Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública

Cuzco Government Complex, HQ
Agency overview
Formed20 November 2023
Preceding agency
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionGovernment of Spain
Minister responsible
Agency executives

The Ministry for the Digital Transformation and of the Civil Service is a ministerial department of the Government of Spain. It is responsible for proposing, coordinating and executing the government policy on telecommunications, the information society, digital transformation and the development and promotion of artificial intelligence.[1] It is also responsible for proposing and executing the government policy on public administration, civil service and public governance.

The department was created as part of the Sánchez III Government as a split from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation. Later, the department received the civil service responsibilities from the Ministry of Finance. It is headed by Óscar López Águeda.

Structure

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The Ministry is structured as follows:[2]

  • The Secretariat of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence
    • The Directorate-General for the Regulation of Digitalization and Audiovisual Communication Services.
    • The Directorate-General for Artificial Intelligence
    • The Directorate-General for Data
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Public Aids
  • The Secretariat of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures
    • The General Secretariat for Telecommunications, Digital Infrastructures and Digital Security
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Programs Coordination and Execution
  • The Secretariat of State for the Civil Service.
    • The Directorate-General for the Civil Service
    • The Directorate-General for Public Governance
    • The Office of Conflicts of Interest
  • The Undersecretariat of Digital Transformation and of the Civil Service
    • The Technical General Secretariat
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Economic Management and Budget Office
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Human Resources and Services Inspection
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Services and Coordination
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Coordination and Monitoring of European Funds

Agencies

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List of officeholders

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Office name:

  • Ministry of Digital Transformation (2023)
  • Ministry for the Digital Transformation and of the Civil Service (2023–present)
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Government Prime Minister
(Tenure)
Ref.
Took office Left office Duration
José Luis Escrivá
(born 1960)
21 November
2023
6 September
2024
290 days Independent Sánchez III Pedro Sánchez

(2018–present)
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Óscar López
(born 1974)
6 September
2024
Incumbent 103 days PSOE [4]

References

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  1. ^ "Real Decreto 829/2023, de 20 de noviembre, por el que se reestructuran los departamentos ministeriales" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (278). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 154682–154688. 21 November 2023. ISSN 0212-033X.
  2. ^ Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública (2024-02-28), Royal Decree 210/2024, of February 27, which establishes the basic organic structure of the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service. (in Spanish), pp. 23526–23564, retrieved 2024-02-29
  3. ^ "Real Decreto 835/2023, de 20 de noviembre, por el que se nombran Ministros del Gobierno" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (278). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 154695. 21 November 2023. ISSN 0212-033X.
  4. ^ "Real Decreto 890/2024, de 5 de septiembre, por el que se nombra Ministro para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública a don Óscar López Águeda" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (216). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 111474. 6 September 2024. ISSN 0212-033X.