Under Secretary of the Presidency

Under Secretary of the Presidency
Subsecretario de la Presidencia
Coat of Arms used by the Government
Incumbent
Antonio Hidalgo López
since June 8, 2018
Ministry of the Presidency
Undersecretariat of the Presidency
Style The Most Excellent (formal)
Mr. Under Secretary of the Presidency (informal)
Reports to The Minister of the Presidency
Nominator The Minister of the Presidency
Appointer The King
Precursor Secretary of the Presidency
Formation July 15, 1865
First holder Alejandro Shee y Saavedra
Salary € 111,802.37 per year[1]
Website mpr.gob.es

The Under Secretary of the Presidency, officially Under Secretary of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes and Equality is a high-ranking official of the Ministry of the Presidency of Spain.

The Under Secretary is responsible for assisting the Minister in his duties to support the Prime Minister, preparing the meeting of the Council of Ministers and other governmental meetings, coordinating and directing the common services of the department, controlling the economic, human and technological resources of the Ministry, elaborating the governamental regulations, giving authorization for the use of the Coat of Arms, Flag and other symbols of the State and the competences about the ministry's gender equality and transparency.[2]

From the Undersecretariat of the Presidency depends a major department called Technical General Secretariat-Secretariat of the Government and other minor departments.

History

It received the official name of Undersecretariat of the Council of Ministers's Office and its first holder was Alejandro Shee y Saavedra. The office was maintained intact between 1865[3] and 1939, when the francoist government change its denomination to Undersecretariat of the Prime Minister's Office.[4]

In July 19, 1951 the Undersecretariat was elevated to Ministry and Luis Carrero Blanco was appointed the Minister-Under Secretary of the Presidency.[5]

Aroun 1974, the Undersecretariat lost its ministerial level when the Ministry of the Presidency was officially created and the first was subordinated to it.

Between 1986 and 1993 the Ministry of the Presidency was renamed Ministry of Relations with the Cortes and of the Secretariat of the Government receiving the Undersecretariat the same denomination. Between 2016 and 2018 the Under Secretary received also the competences of the Undersecretariat of Territorial Administration (current Under Secretary of Territorial Policy and Public Function) and since 2018 it has also the competences over Relations with the Cortes and Equality.

Structure

From the Under Secretary of the Presidency depends the following officials:

  • The Technical General Secretary-Secretary of the Government
    • The Deputy Technical General Secretary.
    • The Deputy Director-General of Reports and International Studies
    • The Deputy Director-General for Publications
    • The Secretariat of the Government's Office
    • The Deputy Director-General for the Follow-up of Agreements and Provisions
    • The Deputy Director-General for Resources and Relations with Courts
  • The Technical Cabinet, as a permanent support and advisory body to the Undersecretary.
  • The Main Office, which corresponds to the execution of the works and the administration, conservation, maintenance and inventory of movable and immovable property, as well as the direction and organization of the General Registry of the Ministry, of the unit of official public acts, of the Medical Cabinet and of the other services of the Department.
  • The Deputy Director-General of Human Resources, which develops the functions of management and administration of the personnel of the central services of the Department, among which are the elaboration and processing of the relations of jobs and their modifications, the relation with the union organizations, as well as the establishment of training plans and social action and occupational risk prevention programs.
  • The Budget and Economic Management Office, which is responsible for preparing the preliminary draft budget, coordinating the budget projects of public agencies, processing budget modifications and evaluating the various spending programs . Likewise, it is responsible for economic and financial management and administrative contracting.
  • The Deputy Director-General of Information Technologies and Services, which exercises the functions of elaboration, development and execution of the strategic and operative plans in the matter of information systems and telecommunications; collaboration, advice and technical assistance in the field of information technology and telecommunications; and the management, design, development, implementation and operation of the information and telecommunications systems, guaranteeing their interoperability, safety and quality, as well as the provision and management of the equipment and the computer resources necessary for their execution.

References

  1. ↑ "Retribuciones para el año 2017 para el organismo Ministerio de la Presidencia". transparencia.gob.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Royal Decree 816/2018, of July 6, which develops the basic organizational structure of the Ministry of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes and Equality". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  3. ↑ "Royal decree appointing Under Secretary of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "DECREE appointing Mr. Valentín Galarza Morante as Under Secretary of the Presidency of the Government" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Decree of July 19, 1951 by which Mr. Luis Carrero Blanco is appointed Minister-Under Secretary of the Presidency of the Government" (PDF).
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