Ministry of Digital Transformation (Spain)

The Ministry for the Digital Transformation and of the 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.^[3] It is also responsible for proposing and executing the government policy on public administration, civil service and public governance.

Ministry for the Digital Transformation and of the Civil Service

Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública
Cuzco Government Complex, HQ
Agency overview
Formed	20 November 2023
Preceding agency	Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation (digital transformation) Ministry of Finance and Civil Service (civil service)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Spain
Employees	2,695 (2024)[1]
Annual budget	€7.5 billion, 2025[2]
Minister responsible	Óscar López Águeda, Minister
Agency executives	María González Veracruz, Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence Antonio Hernando, Secretary of State for Telecommunications Clara Mapelli Marchena, Secretary of State for the Civil Service Consuelo Sánchez Naranjo, Under-Secretary

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 Óscar López Águeda.

Structure

The Ministry is structured as follows:^[4]

• The Secretariat of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence
  • The Directorate-General for the Regulation of Digitalization and Audiovisual Communication Services.
  • The Directorate-General for Artificial Intelligence
  • The Directorate-General for Data
  • The Deputy Directorate-General for Public Aids
• The Secretariat of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures
  • The General Secretariat for Telecommunications, Digital Infrastructures and Digital Security
  • The Deputy Directorate-General for Programs Coordination and Execution
• The Secretariat of State for the Civil Service.
  • The Directorate-General for the Civil Service
  • The Directorate-General for Public Governance
  • The Office of Conflicts of Interest
• The Undersecretariat of Digital Transformation and of the Civil Service
  • 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).
• The State Agency for Digital Administration (AEAD).

List of officeholders

Office name:

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

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party		Government	Prime Minister (Tenure)		Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Duration
	José Luis Escrivá (born 1960)	21 November 2023	6 September 2024	290 days		Independent	Sánchez III		Pedro Sánchez (2018–present)	[5]
	Óscar López (born 1974)	6 September 2024	Incumbent	314 days		PSOE				[6]