Secretary of State for Equality | |
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Secretario de Estado de Igualdad | |
Ministry of Equality Secretariat of State for Equality and Gender Violence | |
Style | The Most Excellent (formal) Madam Secretary of State (informal) |
Abbreviation | SEIVG |
Reports to | Minister of Equality |
Nominator | Minister of Equality |
Appointer | Monarch |
Precursor | Secretary General for Equality |
Formation | October 20, 2010 |
First holder | Bibiana Aído |
Salary | € 115,209.65 per year [1] |
Website | mpr.gob.es |
The Secretary of State for Equality and Gender Violence (SEIVG) of Spain is a senior minister within the Spanish Department of Equality. It is a political appointment made by the Monarch with the advice of the minister in charge of the ministerial department.
The Secretary of State for Equality is responsible for proposing and developing the Government's policies on equality, prevention and elimination of all kinds of discrimination against persons based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or ideology, sexual orientation or identity of gender, age, disability or any other condition or personal or social circumstance, and of eradication of the different forms of violence against women, as well as violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons (LGBTI) and within the affective relationships of these. [2]
From Secretariat of State depend two departments, the Directorate-General for Equality of Treatment and Diversity and the Government Delegation for Gender Violence.
The Government's equality policies got a greater leadership during the governments of PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. At the very first, the equality department was within the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs with the level of a General Secretariat between 2004 and 2008.
In 2008, after Zapatero's reelection, he elevated this department to a ministerial level, creating the Ministry of Equality until 2010 when the Ministry merged with the Ministry of Health and the Secretariat of State of Equality was properly created.
During the governments of PM Mariano Rajoy, the Secretariat merged with the Secretariat of State of Social Services creating the Secretariat of State of Social Services and Equality between very late 2011 and middle 2018.
In 2018, with the arrival of PM Pedro Sánchez the Secretariat of State recovered its full autonomy and importance when it was integrated in the Ministry of the Presidency, with the direct supervision of the Deputy Prime Minister. In January 2020, the Ministry of Equality was re-established and the Secretariat of State was integrated into it.
From the Secretary of State depends the following officials: [2]
Before this office was created, all its duties were carried out by the Secretary General for Equality first and by the Minister of Equality later.
No. | Image | Name | Term of office | Ministers serving under: | Prime Minister appointed by: | ||
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Began | Ended | Days of service | |||||
1º | Bibiana Aído | 23 October 2010 | 23 July 2011 | 273 | Leire Pajín | José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero | |
2º | Laura Seara Sobrado | 23 July 2011 | 31 December 2011 | 161 | |||
3º | Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla | 31 December 2011 | 8 March 2014 | 798 | Ana Mato | Mariano Rajoy | |
4º | Susana Camarero | 8 March 2014 | 19 November 2016 | 987 | |||
5º | Mario Garcés Sanagustín | 19 November 2016 | 8 June 2018 | 566 | Dolors Montserrat | ||
6º | Soledad Murillo de la Vega | 8 June 2018 | 15 January 2020 | 586 | Carmen Montón María Luisa Carcedo | Pedro Sánchez | |
7º | Noelia Vera Ruiz-Herrera | 15 January 2020 | 12 October 2021 | 636 | Irene Montero | ||
8º | Ángela Rodríguez Martínez | 12 October 2021 | Incumbent | 639 |
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