Ministry of Social Affairs (Spain)

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Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda
Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030
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Headquarters of the Ministry
Agency overview
Formed12 July 1988 (as "Ministry of Social Affairs")
21 November 2023 (as "Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda")
Preceding agencies
Superseding agency
Type Ministry
Jurisdiction Government of Spain
Annual budget 1.8 billion, 2023 [1]
Minister responsible
Department's logo from 1988 to 1996. LogoMAS.png
Department's logo from 1988 to 1996.

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]

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The current minister is Pablo Bustinduy, who was appointed on 21 November 2023.

History

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.

Organization chart

Current structure

The current structure is: [5]

Ministry agencies

1988 structure

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]

List of officeholders

Office name:

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePartyGovernment Prime Minister
(Tenure)
Ref.
Took officeLeft officeDuration
Matilde Fernandez 2007 (cropped).jpg Matilde Fernández
(born 1950)
23 July
1988
7 December
1989
4 years and 356 days PSOE González II Felipe González
Felipe Gonzalez 1991 (cropped).jpg
(1982–1996)
[9]
[10]
[11]
7 December
1989
14 July
1993
González III
Cristina Alberdi 2016 (cropped).jpg 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 2020b (cropped).jpg Pablo Iglesias
(born 1978)
13 January
2020
31 March
2021
1 year and 77 days Podemos Sánchez II Pedro Sánchez
Pedro Sanchez 2023b (cropped).jpg
(2018–present)
[14]
[15]
Ione Belarra 2021 (cropped).jpg Ione Belarra
(born 1987)
31 March
2021
21 November
2023
2 years and 235 days Podemos [16]
[17]
Pablo Bustinduy 2023 (cropped).jpg Pablo Bustinduy
(born 1983)
21 November
2023
Incumbent220 days Independent Sánchez III [18]

Notes

  1. The department's competences were transferred to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs between 1996 and 2008, to the Ministry of Education, Social Policy and Sports between 2008 and 2009, to the Ministry of Health and Social Policy between 2009 and 2010, to the Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality between 2010 and 2011, to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality between 2011 and 2018 and to the Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare between 2018 and 2020.

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