Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030 | |
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Agency overview | |
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Formed | 12 July 1988 (as "Ministry of Social Affairs") 21 November 2023 (as "Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda") |
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Type | Ministry |
Jurisdiction | Government of Spain |
Annual budget | € 1.8 billion, 2023 [1] |
Minister responsible |
The Ministry of Social Affairs (MAS), since 2023 known as Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda, is a department of the Government of Spain responsible for the government policies on social services, family, minors protection, disability and prevention of youth crime, adoptions and foster care and the promotion of cultural communication and youth association. Likewise, the department is responsible for the government policies on animal welfare and UN Sustainable Development Goals. [2]
The current minister is Pablo Bustinduy, who was appointed on 21 November 2023.
The department was created in 1988 during the premiership of Felipe González and assumed powers from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the National Institute for Social Services, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Justice. [3] In 1996, the new prime minister José María Aznar abolished the department and transferred its competences to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. [4]
During its first period of life, the department assumed powers relating to social services, equality, minors protection and prevention of youth crime, adoptions and foster care and the promotion of cultural communication and youth association. Likewise, the department was responsible for the management of the social programs derived from funds obtained through the personal income tax and in its later years from the government migration policy. [3] [4]
The department was re-established in January 2020 by prime minister Pedro Sánchez.
The current structure is: [5]
The original structure, created in 1988, was: [6]
In addition, the government agencies Institute of Women, Institute of Youth and the National Institute for Social Services were attached to the department.
In 1993, the ministry assumed powers over emigrants and immigrants through the Directorate-General for Migrations [7] and, in 1994, the Directorate-General for Legal Protection of Minors was renamed Directorate-General for Minors and Family. [8]
Office name:
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | Government | Prime Minister (Tenure) | Ref. | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||||
![]() | Matilde Fernández (born 1950) | 23 July 1988 | 7 December 1989 | 4 years and 356 days | PSOE | González II | Felipe González ![]() (1982–1996) | [9] [10] [11] | ||
7 December 1989 | 14 July 1993 | González III | ||||||||
![]() | Cristina Alberdi (1946–2024) | 14 July 1993 | 6 May 1996 | 2 years and 297 days | PSOE | González IV | [12] [13] | |||
Office disestablished during this interval. [lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||
![]() | Pablo Iglesias (born 1978) | 13 January 2020 | 31 March 2021 | 1 year and 77 days | Podemos | Sánchez II | Pedro Sánchez ![]() (2018–present) | [14] [15] | ||
![]() | Ione Belarra (born 1987) | 31 March 2021 | 21 November 2023 | 2 years and 235 days | Podemos | [16] [17] | ||||
![]() | Pablo Bustinduy (born 1983) | 21 November 2023 | Incumbent | 220 days | Independent | Sánchez III | [18] |
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