Ministry of Social Affairs (Spain)
Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030 | |
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Formed | 12 July 1988 (as "Ministry of Social Affairs") 21 November 2023 (as "Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda") |
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Type | Ministry |
Jurisdiction | Government of Spain |
Annual budget | € 1.8 billion, 2023[1] |
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The Ministry of Social Affairs (MAS), since 2023 known as Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda, is a department of the Government of Spain responsible for the government policies on social services, family, minors protection, disability and prevention of youth crime, adoptions and foster care and the promotion of cultural communication and youth association. Likewise, the department is responsible for the government policies on animal welfare and UN Sustainable Development Goals.[2]
The current minister is Pablo Bustinduy, who was appointed on 21 November 2023.
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History
The department was created in 1988 during the premiership of Felipe González and assumed powers from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the National Institute for Social Services, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Justice.[3] In 1996, the new prime minister José María Aznar abolished the department and transferred its competences to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.[4]
During its first period of live, the department assumed powers relating social services, equality, minors protection and prevention of youth crime, adoptions and foster care and the promotion of cultural communication and youth association. Likewise, the department was responsible for the management of the social programs derived from funds obtained through the personal income tax and in its later years from the government migration policy.[3][4]
The department was re-established in January 2020 by prime minister Pedro Sánchez.
Organization chart
Current structure
The current structure is:[5]
- The Secretariat of State for Social Rights.
- The Directorate-General for Children and Adolescents Rights.
- The Directorate-General for Family Diversity and Social Services.
- The Directorate-General for Disability Support Policies.
- The Secretariat of State for 2030 Agenda.
- The Directorate-General for Lever Policies for Compliance with the 2030 Agenda.
- The General Secretariat for Consumer Affairs and Gambling.
- The Directorate-General for Consumer Affairs.
- The Deputy Directorate-General for Coordination, Quality and Consumer Cooperation.
- The Deputy Directorate-General for Arbitration and Consumer Rights.
- The Directorate-General for the Regulation of Gambling.
- The Deputy Directorate-General for the Regulation of Gambling.
- The Deputy Directorate-General for Gambling Inspection.
- The Directorate-General for Consumer Affairs.
- The Undersecretariat of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda.
- The Technical General Secretariat.
- The Directorate-General for Animal Rights.
Ministry agencies
- Royal Board on Disability
- The Institute for the Elderly and Social Services
- The Institute of Youth
- The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition.
- The Research and Quality Control Center.
- The Advisory Council for Responsible Gaming
- The National Commission to fight the manipulation of sports competitions and betting fraud.
1988 structure
The original structure, created in 1988, was:[6]
- Undersecretariat of Social Affairs.
- Technical Directorate-General and for Services.
- Directorate-General for Social Action.
- Directorate-General for Legal Protection of Minors.
In addition, the government agencies Institute of Women, Institute of Youth and the National Institute for Social Services were attached to the department.
In 1993, the ministry assumed powers over emigrants and immigrants through the Directorate-General for Migrations[7] and, in 1994, the Directorate-General for Legal Protection of Minors was renamed Directorate-General for Minors and Family.[8]
List of officeholders
Office name:
- Ministry of Social Affairs (1988–1996)
- Ministry of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda (2020–2023)
- Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda (2023–present)
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Term of office | Party | Government | Prime Minister (Tenure) |
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65px | Matilde Fernández (born 1950) |
23 July 1988 |
7 December 1989 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | PSOE | González II | Felipe González 60px (1982–1996) |
[9] [10] [11] |
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7 December 1989 |
14 July 1993 |
González III | ||||||||
65px | Cristina Alberdi (born 1946) |
14 July 1993 |
6 May 1996 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | PSOE | González IV | [12] [13] |
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Office disestablished during this interval.[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||
65px | Pablo Iglesias (born 1978) |
13 January 2020 |
31 March 2021 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Podemos | Sánchez II | Pedro Sánchez 60px (2018–present) |
[14] [15] |
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65px | Ione Belarra (born 1987) |
31 March 2021 |
21 November 2023 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Podemos | [16] [17] |
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65px | Pablo Bustinduy (born 1983) |
21 November 2023 |
Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Independent | Sánchez III | [18] |
Notes
- ↑ The department's competences were transferred to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs between 1996 and 2008, to the Ministry of Education, Social Policy and Sports between 2008 and 2009, to the Ministry of Health and Social Policy between 2009 and 2010, to the Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality between 2010 and 2011, to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality between 2011 and 2018 and to the Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare between 2018 and 2020.
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