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Secretary of State for Ibero-America
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The secretary of state for Ibero-America and the Caribbean and Spanish in the World is a government official within the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation responsible for executing the foreign policy over Ibero-America and the Caribbean, as well as promoting Spanish language around the world.[1]
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In these sense, the secretary of state prepares and coordinates Spain's participation in the Ibero-American Summits and the Ibero-American Community of Nations and gives support to the Madrid-based Ibero-American General Secretariat. Finally, the secretary of state also designs the policy towards the Organization of American States, giving the appropriate orders to the ambassador.[1]
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Organization
The Secretariat of State is organized as follows:[1]
- The Secretary of State.
- The Cabinet, to provide political, technical, parliamentary, institutional and communication support.
- The Directorate-General for Ibero-America and the Caribbean, which executes the government policy related to these geographical areas.
- It is supported by the following departments:
- The Deputy Directorate-General for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
- The Deputy Directorate-General for Andean Countries.
- The Deputy Directorate-General for Mercosur Countries and Ibero-American Multilateral Organizations.
- The Directorate-General for Spanish in the World, which establishes the general guidelines for the promotion Spanish language at all levels and promotes the colaboration with other countries and international organizations.
- It is assisted by the following bodies:
- The Deputy Directorate-General for Coherence in Action to Promote Spanish
- The Deputy Directorate-General for the Promotion of Spanish in the World
To the Secretary of State for Ibero-America is attached the Instituto Cervantes.
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History
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The Secretariat of State was created in 2006, by order of minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos. Moratinos separated the Ibero-American responsibilities from the Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs and it assumed the Directorate-General of Policy for Ibero-America, a body created in 1966. It also established a new body, the Directorate-General for Ibero-American Multilateral Organizations.[2] In the word of the government, it was created to "emphasize the importance [the government] attributes to Ibero-America in the development of our foreign policy, it also shows the will to promote the development of the Ibero-American Community of Nations and to encourage the presence and participation of Spain in the various multilateral international organizations in this geographical area".[3] Trinidad Jiménez was appointed as the first secretary of state.[4] It didn't last long, as in July 2010 the Secretariat was abolished[5] to reduce government spending in the context of the 2008–2014 Spanish financial crisis.[6]
After the change of government in late 2011, foreign minister José Manuel García-Margallo planned to restore this department,[7] however, in January 2012 the decision was reverted and he merged it with the Secretariat of State for International Cooperation.[8]
Finally, in July 2021 minister José Manuel Albares announced that the body would be recovered. Juan Fernández Trigo, charge d'affaires in Venezuela, was appointed for the post.[9]
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List of secretaries of state
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References
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