Ministry of Youth and Children

The Ministry of Youth and Children is a ministerial department in the Government of Spain responsible for proposing and carrying out the government policy on matters of youth and protection of minors.[1]

Ministry of Youth and Children
Ministerio de Juventud e Infancia
Agency overview
Formed21 November 2023
Preceding agency
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionGovernment of Spain
Minister responsible

The department was created as part of the Sánchez III Government as a split from the Ministry of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda. It is headed by Sira Rego.

Structure edit

The Ministry is structured as follows:[2]

  • The Secretariat of State for Youth and Children
    • The Directorate-General for Children and Adolescents Rights
      • The Deputy Directorate-General for the Promotion of Children and Adolescents Rights
      • The Deputy Directorate-General for Children and Adolescents Programs
  • The Undersecretariat
    • The General Technical Secretariat
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Personnel, Inspection of Services and Coordination
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Economic Management, Budget Office and General Affairs

Agencies edit

List of officeholders edit

Office name:

  • Ministry of Youth and Children (2023–present)
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Government Prime Minister
(Tenure)
Ref.
Took office Left office Duration
  Sira Rego
(born 1973)
21 November
2023
Incumbent 163 days IU, PCE Sánchez III Pedro Sánchez
 
(2018–present)
[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Real Decreto 829/2023, de 20 de noviembre, por el que se reestructuran los departamentos ministeriales" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (278). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 154682–154688. 21 November 2023. ISSN 0212-033X.
  2. ^ Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública (2024-02-28), Royal Decree 211/2024, of February 27, which develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Youth and Children. (in Spanish), pp. 23565–23575, retrieved 2024-02-29
  3. ^ "Real Decreto 835/2023, de 20 de noviembre, por el que se nombran Ministros del Gobierno" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (278). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 154695. 21 November 2023. ISSN 0212-033X.