Secretary of State for Defence (Spain)

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Secretary of State for Defence
Secretario de Estado de Defensa
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Coat of Arms used by the Government
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Amparo Valcarce.jpg
Incumbent
Amparo Valcarce
since 11 May 2022
Ministry of Defence
Style The Most Excellent (formal)
Mr./Ms. Secretary of State (informal)
AbbreviationSEDEF
Reports to Minister of Defence
Seat Ministry of Defence HQ, Paseo de la Castellana no. 109
NominatorMinister of Defence
Appointer The King
Term length No fixed term
Constituting instrumentRoyal Decree 135/1984
PrecursorUndersecretary of Defence
FormationJanuary 25, 1984
First holder Eduardo Serra Rexach
Salary 113,166.19 per year [1]
Website defensa.gob.es

The Secretary of State for Defence (SEDEF) is the second-highest-ranking official in the Ministry of Defence of Spain. The SEDEF is a civilian which is appointed by the King with the advice of the Defence Minister. In spite of being the second authority of the Ministry, it is behind the Chief of the Defence Staff as far as military control is concerned.

Contents

The duties of the SEDEF are related to management and control of the economic resources, the armament policy and the defence infraestructures.

The current Secretary of State for Defence, since May 11, 2022, is Ms. Amparo Valcarce, former Undersecretary of Defence. [2]

Functions

The current functions are regulated by a Royal Decree of 2017, and are the following: [3]

The Secretary of State for Defense is the highest body of the Department responsible for the direction, promotion and management of weapons and material policies, and for the research, development and industrial, economic, infrastructure, environmental and systems, technologies and security of information innovation in the field of Defence.

Apart from these, SEDEF can carry out all those functions delegated to it by the Minister of Defense.

Structure

From the Secretary of State for Defence depends:

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Insignia of the Military Constructions Service

The following agencies also depends from the SEDEF:

List of secretaries of state

Before this office was created, all its duties were carried out by the Undersecretary of Defence.

No.ImageNameTerm of office Ministers of Defence
serving under:
Prime Minister appointed by:
BeganEndedDays of service
Eduardo Serra.jpg Eduardo Serra Rexach 9 February 198418 July 19871255 Narcís Serra i Serra Felipe González
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Rafael de la Cruz Corcoll23 April 198812 October 19911267 Narcís Serra i Serra
Julián García Vargas
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg José Miguel Hernández Vázquez12 October 19913 October 1992357 Julián García Vargas
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Antonio Flos Bassols10 October 199229 April 1995931 Julián García Vargas
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Juan Ramón García Secades8 july 199511 May 1996308 Julián García Vargas
Gustavo Suárez Pertierra
Pedro Morenes.jpg Pedro Morenés 25 May 19966 May 20001442 Eduardo Serra Rexach José María Aznar
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Fernando Díez Moreno6 May 200020 April 20041445 Federico Trillo
Viaje del presidente del Gobierno en funciones a Barcelona (cropped).jpg Francisco Pardo Piqueras 20 April 200421 April 20071096 José Bono
José Antonio Alonso
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Soledad López Fernández21 April 200715 April 2008360 José Antonio Alonso
10º Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Constantino Méndez Martínez15 April 200831 December 20111355 Carme Chacón Piqueras
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
11º Pedro Arguelles Salaverria (cropped).jpg Pedro Argüelles Salaverría6 January 201219 November 20161779 Pedro Morenés Mariano Rajoy
12º Agustin Conde 2013.jpg Agustín Conde Bajén19 November 20169 June 2018567 María Dolores de Cospedal
13º Angel Olivares by Angel Herraiz.jpg Ángel Olivares Ramírez [4] 9 June 201824 June 2020746 Margarita Robles Pedro Sánchez
14º Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Esperanza Casteleiro [5] 1 July 202011 May 2022679
15º Amparo Valcarce.jpg Amparo Valcarce11 May 2022Incumbent625

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References

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  2. InfoDefensa, Revista Defensa. "Amparo Valcarce, nueva secretaria de Estado de Defensa". Infodefensa - Noticias de defensa, industria, seguridad, armamento, ejércitos y tecnología de la defensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  3. "Royal Decree 998/2017, of November 24, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Defense is developed". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  4. "Angel Olivares Ramirez sworn-in as the new Secretary of State for Defence". epa european pressphoto agency b.v. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  5. Infodefensa.com, Revista Defensa (2020-07-01). "Robles renueva la cúpula civil del Ministerio de Defensa - Noticias Infodefensa España". Infodefensa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-02.