Secretary of State for Justice (Spain)

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Secretary of State for Justice
Secretario de Estado de Justicia
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Incumbent
Antonio Julián Rodríguez Esquerdo
since December 8, 2021
Ministry of Justice
Secretariat of State for Justice
Style The Most Excellent (formal)
Mrs. Secretary of State (informal)
AbbreviationSEJUS
Reports to Justice Minister
Nominator Justice Minister
Appointer Monarch
FormationMay 13, 1994
First holder María Teresa Fernández de la Vega
Website mjusticia.gob.es

The secretary of state for justice (SEJUS) is the second-in-command to the Spanish minister of justice. The secretary of state is appointed by the monarch at the request of the justice minister and after hearing from the Council of Ministers.

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The SEJUS is responsible for coordinating and collaborating with the justice administration of the Autonomous Communities; organizing, planning, supporting and cooperating with the Administration of Justice and with the Prosecution Ministry; establishing international legal cooperation and relations with international organizations and the European Union; promoting human rights; directing and managing those responsibilities regarding marital status and nationality, notaries, public faith, and civil register; as well as those related to the location, recovery, management and sale of objects, goods, instruments and profits from criminal activities. [1]

Likewise, it is the responsibility of the Secretary of State to promote and elaborate the regulatory projects on matters within its competence and those entrusted by the head of the department, without prejudice to the attributions corresponding to the Ministry's Under-Secretary and the Technical Secretary-General. [1]

History

The Office of Secretary of State for Justice was created on 13 May 1994, when the ministries of Justice and the Interior were merged. [2] From the Secretary of State depended as its highest department the General Secretariat for Justice and this, in turn, had as its superior body a Directorate-General for the judicial infrastructure. Apart from the General Secretariat, it had other departments as the Directorate-General for Registries and Notaries, the Directorate-General of the State Legal Service (current Solicitor General), the Directorate-General for Conscientious Objection and the Directorate-General for Codification and International Legal Cooperation, as well as a cabinet for religious affairs. [3]

As of 1996, the restored Directorate-General for Relations with the Administration of Justice was integrated into it and the cabinet of religious affairs was elevated to the rank of directorate-general. Likewise, the General Secretariat of Justice was abolished and the Judicial Studies Center and the Judicial General Mutuality were assigned to the Secretariat of State for Justice. [4] The structure of the department was not touched again until 2001 when the Directorate-General for the Modernization of the Administration of Justice was created in its midst. [5]

Except for certain changes between its directorates-general, its structure was not modified until 2008, in which the General Secretariat for Modernization and Relations with the Administration of Justice (current SGAJ) was created as an intermediate body between the Secretary of State and some of its addresses general. [6]

In 2010, it underwent its most relevant modification and is still preserved today. The Solicitor General and the Directorate General of Registries and Notaries were directly attached to the Minister and the Secretary of State assumed the competences over international legal cooperation. [7] In 2015, the Office of Asset Recovery and Management (ORGA) was created and assigned to the Secretary of State. As of 2018, the powers of the ORGA are assumed by the Secretary-General for the Administration of Justice (SGAJ).

In 2020, the new justice minister, Juan Carlos Campo, renamed all the Ministry's departments. Despite the name change of the Secretariat of State's bodies, the responsibilities were the same, with the exception of those relating to religious freedom, which were transferred from the Directorate-General for International Legal Cooperation, Relations with Religions, and Human Rights to the Undersecretariat of the Presidency, and the legal security and notaries responsibilities, which were transferred from the Undersecretariat of Justice to the Secretariat of State. [1]

Structure

The Secretariat of State is composed of two departments: [1]

Secretaries of State

No.ImageNameTerm of Office Prime Minister
BeganEndedDays of Service
1º De la Vega2 cropped.jpg María Teresa Fernández de la Vega 4 May 19948 May 1996735 Felipe González
2º Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg José Luis González Montes11 May 19966 May 20001456 José María Aznar
3º Jose Maria Michavila en la rueda de prensa posterior al Consejo de Ministros.jpg José María Michavila 6 May 200020 July 2002805
4º (Rafael Catala) Premios de Periodismo ABC 04.jpg Rafael Catalá 27 July 200220 April 2004633
5º Luis Lopez Guerra.jpg Luis López Guerra 20 April 200419 February 20071035 José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
6º Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Julio Pérez Hernández19 February 20072 March 2009742
7º Juan Carlos Campo Moreno (cropped).jpg Juan Carlos Campo Moreno 2 March 200931 December 20111034
8º Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Fernando Román García31 December 201111 Octubre 20141015 Mariano Rajoy
9º Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Carmen Sánchez-Cortés Martín11 Octubre 201419 June 20181347
10º (Manuel Jesus Dolz Lago) Ponencia. Una aproximacion a los fundamentos juridicos de la pedagogia amigoniana.jpg Manuel-Jesús Dolz Lago [8] 19 June 201830 January 2020590 Pedro Sánchez
11º Pablo Zapatero Miguel 2020.jpg Pablo Zapatero Miguel [9] 30 January 20208 December 2021678
12º Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Antonio Julián Rodríguez Esquerdo [10] 8 December 2021Incumbent712

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Royal Decree 453/2020, of March 10, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Justice is developed". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  2. ↑ "Royal Decree 973/1994, of May 13, which creates within the Ministry of Justice and Interior, the Secretariats of State for Justice, for the Interior and the Undersecretariat of Justice and Interior". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  3. ↑ "Royal Decree 1334/1994, of June 20, of basic structure, of the Ministry of Justice and Interior". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  4. ↑ "Royal Decree 1882/1996, of August 2, of basic organic structure of the Ministry of Justice". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  5. ↑ "Royal Decree 1321/2001, of November 30, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Justice is modified and developed". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  6. ↑ "Royal Decree 1125/2008, of July 4, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Justice is developed". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  7. ↑ "Royal Decree 1203/2010, of September 24, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Justice is developed". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  8. ↑ "El fiscal Manuel-Jesús Dolz Lago, nuevo secretario de Estado de Justicia". www.legaltoday.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  9. ↑ "Pablo Zapatero Miguel, nuevo secretario de Estado de Justicia". Confilegal (in Spanish). 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  10. ↑ "Lo adelantó Confilegal: Antonio Julián Rodríguez y Manuel Olmedo, nombrados secretario de Estado y secretario general de Justicia". Confilegal (in Spanish). 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
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