Moncloa Chief of Staff
Moncloa Chief of Staff
Director del Gabinete del Presidente del Gobierno | |
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Moncloa Palace's logo | |
Iván Redondo since June 8, 2018 | |
Spain's Prime Minister Cabinet | |
Reports to | The Prime Minister |
Appointer | The Prime Minister |
Formation | July 19, 1976 |
First holder | Carmen Díez de Rivera |
Website | La Moncloa |
The Chief of Staff of the Palace of Moncloa officially called Director of the Prime Minister's Cabinet or Director of the Prime Minister's Office is a high-ranking official of the Spain's Prime Minister Office. The Chief of Staff is a political appointment made by the Prime Minister to advise him and to coordinate the work action of the different departments of the Government.
There is not a legal requirement for this role to exist but since Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez in 1976, each Prime Minister has appointed a person of their trust to this role. The current position is regulated in the Royal Decree 419/2018, of June 18, which restructures the Prime Minister's Office.
Role
The first time that this position was created was in 1976, when Carmen Díez de Rivera was appointed Chief of Staff, however, the role was not regulated until 1978, when a short Prime Minister's order integrate it in the Prime Minister's Office and gave it rank of Undersecretary. Its original duties were to assist when the Prime Minister require it.[1]
Whit the past of time this role were granted more responsibilities and in 1982, with Prime Minister Felipe González the estructure of the Prime Minister's Office was extended creating a Cabinet which the Chief of Staff was leading. The powers of the Chief of Staff were also extended not only to advise the Prime Minister but to gather political information for the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister and to know what the differen Government's department were doing to ger a better coordination among them and the Prime Minister's Office. It was also entrusted with the mission of making reports and studies on any subject entrusted to him.[2]
With the arrival of PM José María Aznar, all mentions to the Deputy Prime Minister were removed (because the Deputy PM was granted with its own Chieff of Staff). Aznar also gave the Chief of Staff the rank of Secretary of State.[3]
PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero continue expanding the powers of the Chieff of Staff giving him competences over the protocol and security departments of the Prime Minister's Office as well as entrusting him with advice on economic matters.[4]
With PM Rajoy the Chief of Staff reached the height of its power when he was granted with the supervision over the sanitary system of the prime minister's office and with powers over national security matters, when the Deputy Chief of Staff was also named Director of the Homeland Security Department.[5]
PM Sánchez preserved all the powers that Rajoy granted to the Chief of Staff with a little changes because even when the Department of Homeland Security depended from the prime minister's chief of staff, the direction of the same was granted to an independent official (a military in this case) an not to the Deputy Chief of Staff.[6]
Structure
The current officials of the Prime Minister's Cabinet are the following:[6]
- The Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister's Office.
- The Deputy Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister's Office.
- The Secretary General of the Prime Minister's Office.
- The Secretary General of International Affairs, European Union, G20 and Global Security.
- The Director of Analysis and Studies.
- The Director of the Department of Homeland Security.
List of Chiefs of Staff
# | Chief of Staff | Years | Prime Minister |
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1 | Carmen Díez de Rivera | 1976–1977 | Adolfo Suárez |
2 | Alberto Aza Arias | 1977–1981 | |
3 | Eugenio Galdón Brugarolas | 1981-1982 | Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo |
4 | Roberto Dorado Zamorano | 1982–1984 | Felipe González |
5 | Antonio Zabalza Martí | 1984–1995 | |
6 | José Enrique Serrano Martínez | 1995–1996 | |
7 | Carlos Aragonés Mendiguchía | 1996–2004 | José María Aznar |
8 | José Enrique Serrano Martínez | 2004–2011 | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
9 | Jorge Moragas Sánchez | 2011–2017 | Mariano Rajoy Brey |
10 | José Luis Ayllón | 2017–2018 | |
11 | Iván Redondo | 2018–present | Pedro Sánchez |
References
- ↑ "Royal Decree of 1978 by which the Prime Minister's Cabinet is structured". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-21.
- ↑ "Royal Decree 3773/1982, of December 22, by which the organic structure of the Prime Minister's Office is determined". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-21.
- ↑ "Royal Decree 838/1996, of May 10, which restructures the Cabinet and the General Secretariat of the Prime Minister's Office". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-21.
- ↑ "Royal Decree 1689/2004, of July 12, by which the organic structure of the Prime Minister's Office is developed". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-21.
- ↑ "Royal Decree 83/2012, of January 13, which restructures the Prime Minister's Office". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-21.
- 1 2 "Royal Decree 419/2018, of June 18, by which the Prime Minister's Office is restructured". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-21.