Secretary of State for Telecommunications

Secretary of State for Digital Advancement
Secretario de Estado para el Avance Digital
Coat of Arms used by the Government
Incumbent
Francisco Polo
since June 19, 2018
Ministry of Economy and Enterprise
Secretariat of State for Digital Advancement
Style The Most Excellent (formal)
Mr. Secretary of State for Digital Advancement (informal)
Reports to The Minister of Economy
Nominator The Minister of Economy
Appointer The King
Precursor Secretary General for Communications
Formation April 27, 2000
First holder Baudilio Tomé Muguruza
Salary € 110,604 per year [1]
Website mineco.gob.es

The Secretary of State for Telecommunications, currently known as Secretary of State for Digital Advancement is a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Economy and Enterprise of Spain.

The Secretary of State for Telecommunications is responsible for the promotion, regulation and knowledge of the telecommunications sector, audiovisual services and the Information Society, the dialogue with the professional, industrial and academic sectors and the coordination or cooperation between different ministries and with other public administrations regarding these matters.

The Secretariat of State is divided in five departments, one with the level of Directorate-General and four with the level of Deputy Directorate-General. The Secretary of State for Telecommunications is also the maximum responsible of the company Red.es, a public company in charge of the development of programs to boost the digital economy, innovation, entrepreneurship, training for young people and professionals and support for SMEs by promoting the efficient and intensive use of Information and Communication Technologies.[2]

History

Since the arrival of the democracy to Spain, becoming an advanced country was one of the goals of the first democratic governments and that means to have a good network of communications.

The importance was such that in 1978, the same year that the Constitution was approved, a Ministry for Transport and Communications was created. This Ministry assumed most of the competences that the current Secretariat of State for Communications has and the organs of this ministry dedicated to telecoms had most of them the level of Directorate-General.

In 1985, because of the fast growing of the communications systems and media, the department dedicated to telecoms in this Ministry was elevated to the level of General Secretariat and was divided in three departments: for mail, for telecoms and for communications infraestructure.[3]

In 1990, the Ministry was fusionated with the Ministry of Development but maintain the communications department intact.

It wasn't until 2000 when the department was elevated to the level of Secretariat of State and the current department is officially created.[4] At the beginning received the name of Secretariat of State for Telecommunications and for the Information Society and depended from the Ministry of Science from 2000 to 2004 and from the Ministry of Industry since 2004 to its renovation in 2016.

In 2016, a new government reestructuration created a new ministry with competences over Energy, Tourism and Communications, beign called Ministry of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda. With this ministry, the Secretariat of State was renamed Secretariat of State for the Information Society and Digital Agenda.

Two years later, in 2018, a change in the government provoked that the competences over telecommunications were transferred to the Ministry of Economy and the Secretariat of State was renamed Secretariat of State for Digital Advancement.

Structure

Under the Secretary of State are the following officials:[2]

  • The Director-General for Telecommunications and Information Technology.
    • The Deputy Director-General for Telecommunications Management.
    • The Deputy Director-General for Telecommunications Networks and Operators.
    • The Deputy Director-General for Planning and Management of the Radioelectric Spectrum.
    • The Deputy Director-General for Telecommunications Inspection.
    • The Deputy Director-General for Telecommunications User Services.
  • The Deputy Director-General for Program Coordination and Execution.
  • The Deputy Director-General for the Promotion of the Information Society.
  • The Deputy Director-General for the Information Society Services.
  • The Deputy Director-General for the Information Society Content.

List of Secretaries of State for Telecoms

No. Image Name Term of Office Ministers serving under: Prime Minister appointed by:
Began Ended Days of Service
1º Baudilio Tomé Muguruza 6 May 2000 3 August 2002 819 Anna Birulés José María Aznar
2º Carlos López Blanco 3 August 2002 1 May 2004 637 Josep Piqué
3º Francisco Ros Perán 1 May 2004 27 July 2010 2278 José Montilla
Miguel Sebastián Gascón		 José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
4º Bernardo Lorenzo Almendros 27 July 2010 10 May 2011 287 Miguel Sebastián Gascón
5º Juan Junquera Temprano 10 May 2011 31 December 2011 235 Miguel Sebastián Gascón
5º Víctor Calvo-Sotelo 31 December 2011 19 November 2016 1785 José Manuel Soria
Luis de Guindos		 Mariano Rajoy
6º José María Lassalle 19 November 2016 19 June 2018 1785 Álvaro Nadal
7º Francisco Polo 19 June 2018 Incumbent 125 Nadia Calviño Pedro Sánchez

References

  1. ↑ "Retribuciones para el año 2017 para el organismo Ministerio de Industria, Energia y Turismo". BOE.es. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Royal Decree 1046/2018, of August 24, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Economy and Enterprise is developed". BOE.es. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Royal Decree 1209/1985, of June 19, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Transport, Tourism and Communications is partially modified, the National Institute for the Promotion of Tourism is established and certain autonomous Organisms attached to the Department are abolished". BOE.es. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Royal Decree 696/2000, of May 12, which establishes the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Science and Technology". BOE.es. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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