Ministry of Digital Transformation (Spain)

Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service
Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública
Agency overview
Formed21 November 2023
Preceding agency
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionGovernment of Spain
Minister responsible

The Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service is a ministerial department in the Government of Spain responsible for proposing and carrying out 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. It is headed by José Luis Escrivá.

Structure

  • The Secretariat of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures
    • The General Secretariat for Telecommunications and Organization of Audiovisual Communication Services
  • The Secretariat of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence
    • The Directorate-General for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence
  • The Secretariat of State for the Civil Service.
    • The Directorate-General for the Civil Service
    • The Directorate-General for Citizens and Open Government
    • The Office of Conflicts of Interest
  • The Undersecretariat of Digital Transformation
    • The Technical General Secretariat
  • The General Secretariat for Digital Administration
  • The Special Commissioner for the Alliance for the New Language Economy
    • The Office of the Special Commissioner for the Alliance for the New Language Economy, with the rank of Directorate-General.

Agencies

  • The public company Red.es.
  • The National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE).
  • The Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence (AESIA).
  • The General Mutual Benefit Society of State Civil Servants.
  • The National Institute of Public Administration.
  • The Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies.

List of officeholders

Office name:

  • Ministry of Digital Transformation (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
Incumbent 73 days Independent Sánchez III Pedro Sánchez

(2018–present)
[2]

References

  1. ^ "Real Decreto 829/2023, de 20 de noviembre, por el que se reestructuran los departamentos ministeriales" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (278): 154682–154688. 21 November 2023. ISSN 0212-033X.
  2. ^ "Real Decreto 835/2023, de 20 de noviembre, por el que se nombran Ministros del Gobierno" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (278): 154695. 21 November 2023. ISSN 0212-033X.