Secretary of State for Universities and Research

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Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Universities
Secretario de Estado de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
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since 8 December 2023
Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
Secretariat of State for Science, Innovation and Universities
Style The Most Excellent (formal)
Madam Secretary of State (informal)
Reports to Science Minister
Nominator Science Minister
Appointer The Monarch
PrecursorDirector-General for Universities
Director-General for Scientific Policy
FormationJuly 4, 1977;48 years ago (1977-07-04)
First holder Luis González Seara
Website ciencia.gob.es

The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Universities, known in its early years as Secretary of State for Universities and Research, is the second highest office of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of the Government of Spain. The Secretary of State is appointed by the Monarch on the advice of the Science Minister.

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As the second highest office of the Ministry, the Secretary of State is responsible for the direction of the responsibilities assigned to the Ministry over science, R&D&I and universities. The Secretary of State designs and directs, in coordination with the Secretary of State for Education, the scholarship and study aid programs and coordinated the efforts of the different Spanish public administrations and the European institutions.

The Secretary of State also takes care of the well administration and distribution of the European Union funds destined to universities, science and research and it secures the equal and universal access and no discrimination to universities and science with special attention to the role of women in this area. [1]

Because of his position, the Secretary of State is also the president of the State Research Agency and the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology.

History

The Secretariat of State was created for the first time in 1977 [2] with the name of Secretariat of State for Universities and Innovation and was integrated in the Ministry of Education and Science but it was soon replaced by the Ministry of Universities and Science created in 1979. [3] This ministry was suppressed in 1981 and the secretariat of state was activated again and integrated in the Ministry of Education.

The significant modification happened in 2000. During the Second Aznar Government, the Ministry of Science and Technology was created and assumed the competences over R&D&I and science, [4] but the competences over universities were maintained in the Ministry of Education. At this time, the Secretary of State for Education assumed the competences over universities and in the Ministry of Science was created the Secretariat of State for Scientific and Technological Policy.

In 2004, the Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero merged the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and the Secretariat of State for Universities and Research was created again. In his second government, Zapatero revived the Ministry of Science but split the secretariat of state in two. In 2009 the Secretariat of State for Universities was suppressed and all its competences were assumed by the General Secretariat of Universities in the Ministry of Education. [5]

In 2012, the new government of Mariano Rajoy continued with the major austerity plan started by Zapatero to improve the economy which started with the reduction of dozens of high-ranking officials. This provoked that disappearance of the Ministry of Science and most of its competences were granted to the Ministry of Economy, which had as one of its major departments the Secretariat of State for Research, Development and Innovation. The General Secretariat for Universities was also eliminated and its competences were assumed, once again, by the Secretary of State for Education. [6]

Once that the crisis was over, the change of government in 2018 it brought with it the enlargement of the State Administration with the creation of new ministerial departments like the Ministry of Science, that assumed its old competences.

Names

Structure

To carry out its duties, the Secretariat of State is divided in five major departments and two non-ministerial bodies: [7]

Along with the mentioned departments, the Secretariat of State is the directly responsible of the State Research Agency and the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology.

List of state secretaries

ImageNameTerm of officeMinisters serving under Prime Minister
BeganEndedDays of service
(Luis Gonzalez Seara) Adolfo Suarez participa en una reunion con los comites locales y provincial de UCD de Pontevedra en la campana electoral. Pool Moncloa. 11 de febrero de 1979 (cropped).jpeg Luis González Seara 13 July 19776 January 1979542 Íñigo Cavero Adolfo Suárez
Competences assumed by Luis González Seara as Minister of Universities and Research between 1979 and 1981
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Manuel Cobo del Rosal16 March 198121 December 1981280Juan Antonio Ortega y Díaz-Ambrona Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Saturnino de la Plaza Pérez21 December 19818 December 1982352 Federico Mayor Zaragoza
Carmina Virgili 8 December 19824 May 1985878 José María Maravall Felipe González
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Juan Manuel Rojo Alaminos4 May 19851 August 19922646 José María Maravall
Javier Solana
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Elías Fereres Castiel1 August 199213 September 1994773 Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
Gustavo Suárez Pertierra
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Emilio Octavio de Toledo y Ubieto13 September 19942 October 1995384Gustavo Suárez Pertierra
Jerónimo Saavedra
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Enric Banda Tarradellas2 October 199511 May 1996222 Jerónimo Saavedra
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Fernando Tejerina García11 May 199612 July 1997427 Esperanza Aguirre José María Aznar
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Manuel Jesús González González12 July 199723 January 1999560
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Jorge Fernández Díaz 23 January 19996 May 2000469 Mariano Rajoy
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Julio Iglesias de Ussel
Secretary of State for Education and Universities		6 May 200020 April 20041445 Pilar del Castillo
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Ramón Marimón Suñol
Secretary of State for Scientific and Technological Policy		6 May 20003 August 2002819Anna Birulés
Pedro Morenes September 2012 crop.jpg Pedro Morenés
Secretary of State for Scientific and Technological Policy		3 August 200220 April 2004626 Josep Piqué
Salvador Ordonez Delgado en la clausura los cursos de verano de la Universidad Menendez Pelayo (2007).jpg Salvador Ordoñez Delgado20 April 20046 May 2006746 María Jesús San Segundo José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
(Miguel Angel Quintanilla Fisac) Fernandez de la Vega preside la Comision del Ano de la Ciencia. Pool Moncloa. 20 de marzo de 2007 (cropped).jpeg Miguel Ángel Quintanilla6 May 200616 April 2008711 María Jesús San Segundo
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Carlos Martínez Alonso
Secretary of State for Research		15 April 20085 December 2009599 Cristina Garmendia
Marius Rubiralta. Seminario sobre Politicas Educativas en Espana. 2011.jpeg Márius Rubiralta i Alcañiz
Secretary of State for Universities		21 April 200825 April 2009369 Cristina Garmendia
University competences assumed by the General Secretary of Universities between 2009 and 2011
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Felipe Pétriz Calvo
Secretary of State for Research		5 December 200924 December 2011749 Cristina Garmendia
Editaton Mujeres en la Ciencia 2015 - Residencia de Estudiantes - 04.jpg Carmen Vela
Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation		31 December 201119 June 20182362 Luis de Guindos Mariano Rajoy
Escudo de Espana (mazonado).svg Montserrat Gomendio
Secretary of State for Education, Vocational Training and Universities		14 January 20124 July 20151267 José Ignacio Wert
(Marcial Marin) Marin asiste al acto del V Centenario del nacimiento de Don Francisco de Toledo (16425636495) (cropped).jpg Marcial Marín Hellín [8]
Secretary of State for Education, Vocational Training and Universities		4 July 201519 June 20181081 Íñigo Méndez de Vigo
Ángeles Heras Caballero [9] [10] 19 June 201815 January 2020575 Pedro Duque Pedro Sánchez
JUAN CRUZ CIGUDOSA.jpg Juan Cruz Cigudosa 8 December 2023Incumbent587 Diana Morant

The coloured secretaries of state hadn't all the competences described in this article.

References

  1. ↑ "Royal Decree 865/2018, of July 13, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities is developed". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  2. ↑ "Royal Decree 1558/1977, of July 4, by which certain organs of the Central State Administration are restructured". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  3. ↑ "Royal Decree 708/1979, of April 5, by which certain organs of the Central State Administration are restructured". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  4. ↑ "Royal Decree 696/2000, of May 12, which establishes the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Science and Technology". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  5. ↑ "Royal Decree 1086/2009, of July 3, which modifies and develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Education". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  6. ↑ "Royal Decree 1823/2011, of December 21, by which the ministerial departments are restructured". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  7. ↑ Ministerio de Hacienda y Función Pública (2023-12-06), Real Decreto 1009/2023, de 5 de diciembre, por el que se establece la estructura orgánica básica de los departamentos ministeriales, pp. 161991–162009, retrieved 2023-12-20
  8. ↑ "Marcial Marín, un economista y exconsejero a la Secretaría de Estado de Educación". abc (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  9. ↑ "La investigadora Ángeles Heras será la número dos del Ministerio de Ciencia" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  10. ↑ Domínguez, Nuño (2018-06-13). "Ángeles Heras, propuesta como número dos del Ministerio de Ciencia". El País (in Spanish). ISSN   1134-6582 . Retrieved 2018-12-02.
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