Ministry of Digital Transformation (Spain) explained

Agency Name:	Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service
Native Name:	Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública
Picture Caption:	Cuzco Government Complex, HQ
Formed:	20 November 2023
Jurisdiction:	Government of Spain
Region Code:	ES
Minister1 Name:	José Luis Escrivá
Minister1 Pfo:	Minister
Chief1 Name:	María Teresa Ledo Turiel
Chief1 Position:	Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence
Chief2 Name:	María González Veracruz
Chief2 Position:	Secretary of State for Telecommunications
Chief3 Name:	Clara Mapelli Marchena
Chief3 Position:	Secretary of State for the Civil Service
Chief4 Name:	Iria Álvarez Besteiro
Chief4 Position:	Under-Secretary
Agency Type:	Ministry

The Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service is a ministerial department of the Government of Spain. It is responsible for proposing, coordinating and executing the government policy on telecommunications, the information society, digital transformation and the development and promotion of artificial intelligence.^[1] It is also responsible for proposing and executing the government policy on public administration, civil service and public governance.

The department was created as part of the Sánchez III Government as a split from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation. Later, the department received the civil service responsibilities from the Ministry of Finance. It is headed by José Luis Escrivá.

Structure

The Ministry is structured as follows:

• The Secretariat of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence
  • The Directorate-General for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence
  • The Directorate-General for Data
  • The Directorate-General for Strategic Planning in Advanced Digital Technologies and New Language Economy
  • The Deputy Directorate-General for Public Aids
• The Secretariat of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures
  • The General Secretariat for Telecommunications and Organization of Audiovisual Communication Services
  • The Deputy Directorate-General for Programs Coordination and Execution
• The Secretariat of State for the Civil Service.
  • The General Secretariat for Digital Administration
  • The Directorate-General for the Civil Service
  • The Directorate-General for Public Governance
  • The Office of Conflicts of Interest
• The Undersecretariat of Digital Transformation
  • The Technical General Secretariat
  • The Deputy Directorate-General for Economic Management and Budget Office
  • The Deputy Directorate-General for Human Resources and Services Inspection
  • The Deputy Directorate-General for Services and Coordination
  • The Deputy Directorate-General for Coordination and Monitoring of European Funds

Agencies

• The public company Red.es.
• The National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE).
• The Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence (AESIA).
• The General Mutual Benefit Society of State Civil Servants (MUFACE).
• The National Institute of Public Administration (INAP).

List of officeholders

Office name:

• Ministry of Digital Transformation (2023)
• Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service (2023–present)

Notes and References

1. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 278. 21 November 2023. es. Real Decreto 829/2023, de 20 de noviembre, por el que se reestructuran los departamentos ministeriales. 0212-033X. 154682–154688.
2. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 278. 21 November 2023. es. Real Decreto 835/2023, de 20 de noviembre, por el que se nombran Ministros del Gobierno. 0212-033X. 154695.