Secretary of State for Equality

Secretario de Estado de Igualdad

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Incumbent
Ángela Rodríguez Martínez
since October 12, 2021

Ministry of Equality
Secretariat of State for Equality and Gender Violence
Style| The Most Excellent (formal)
Madam Secretary of State (informal)
Abbreviation| SEIVG
Reports to| Minister of Equality
Nominator| Minister of Equality
Appointer| Monarch
Precursor| Secretary General for Equality
Formation| October 20, 2010
First holder| Bibiana Aído
Salary| € 115,209.65 per year[1]
Website| mpr.gob.es

The Secretary of State for Equality and Gender Violence (SEIVG) of Spain is a senior minister within the Spanish Department of Equality. It is a political appointment made by the Monarch with the advice of the minister in charge of the ministerial department.

The Secretary of State for Equality is responsible for proposing and developing the Government's policies on equality, prevention and elimination of all kinds of discrimination against persons based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or ideology, sexual orientation or identity of gender, age, disability or any other condition or personal or social circumstance, and of eradication of the different forms of violence against women, as well as violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons (LGBTI) and within the affective relationships of these.[2]

From Secretariat of State depend two departments, the Directorate-General for Equality of Treatment and Diversity and the Government Delegation for Gender Violence.

## History[edit]

The Government's equality policies got a greater leadership during the governments of PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. At the very first, the equality department was within the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs with the level of a General Secretariat between 2004 and 2008.

In 2008, after Zapatero's reelection, he elevated this department to a ministerial level, creating the Ministry of Equality until 2010 when the Ministry merged with the Ministry of Health and the Secretariat of State of Equality was properly created.

During the governments of PM Mariano Rajoy, the Secretariat merged with the Secretariat of State of Social Services creating the Secretariat of State of Social Services and Equality between very late 2011 and middle 2018.

In 2018, with the arrival of PM Pedro Sánchez the Secretariat of State recovered its full autonomy and importance when it was integrated in the Ministry of the Presidency, with the direct supervision of the Deputy Prime Minister. In January 2020, the Ministry of Equality was re-established and the Secretariat of State was integrated into it.

## Structure[edit]

From the Secretary of State depends the following officials:[2]

* The Director-General for Equality of Treatment and Diversity
* The Deputy Director-General for Equality of Treatment and Non-Discrimination
* The Council for the Elimination of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination
* The Government Delegation for Gender Violence
* The Deputy Director-General for Sensitization, Prevention and Knowledge of Gender-based Violence
* The Deputy Director-General for Inter-institutional Coordination in Gender Violence
* The State Observatory on Violence against Women
* The Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Equality
* The Chef de Cabinet
* Three Advisors

## List of secretaries of state[edit]

Before this office was created, all its duties were carried out by the Secretary General for Equality first and by the Minister of Equality later.

No.  | Image  | Name  | Term of office  | Ministers serving under:  | Prime Minister appointed by:

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Began  | Ended  | Days of service
1º |  | Bibiana Aído | 23 October 2010  | 23 July 2011  | 273  | Leire Pajín | José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
2º |  | Laura Seara Sobrado  | 23 July 2011  | 31 December 2011  | 161
3º |  | Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla | 31 December 2011  | 8 March 2014  | 798  | Ana Mato | Mariano Rajoy
4º |  | Susana Camarero  | 8 March 2014  | 19 November 2016  | 987
5º |  | Mario Garcés Sanagustín  | 19 November 2016  | 8 June 2018  | 566  | Dolors Montserrat
6º |  | Soledad Murillo de la Vega | 8 June 2018  | 15 January 2020  | 586  | Carmen Montón

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María Luisa Carcedo | Pedro Sánchez
7º |  | Noelia Vera Ruiz-Herrera | 15 January 2020  | 12 October 2021  | 636  | Irene Montero
8º |  | Ángela Rodríguez Martínez | 12 October 2021  | Incumbent  | 852

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Retribuciones para el año 2017 para el organismo Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad". transparencia.gob.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-23.
2. ^ a b "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.