Teresa Ribera | |
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.png) Ribera in 2024 | |
| Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
| Assumed office 12 July 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Yolanda Díaz |
| Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Isabel García Tejerina (environment) Álvaro Nadal (energy) |
| Fourth Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
| In office 13 January 2020 – 12 July 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | María Jesús Montero |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 17 August 2023 – 1 December 2023 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| In office 21 May 2019 – 21 February 2020 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| Secretary of State for Climate Change | |
| In office 22 April 2008 – 30 December 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Director of the Spanish Office of Climate Change | |
| In office 11 February 2005 – 22 April 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Teresa Ribera Rodríguez May 19, 1969 Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (2011–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (until 2011) |
| Spouse | Mariano Bacigalupo |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Occupation | Jurist • Lawyer • Professor • Politician |
Teresa Ribera Rodríguez (pronounced [teˈɾesa riˈβeɾa]; born 19 May 1969) is a Spanish jurist, adjunct professor, and politician who has served as the Minister for the Ecological Transition of Spain since 2018, after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez coming into power following the successful no-confidence motion against Mariano Rajoy. In 2020, she was appointed Fourth Deputy Prime Minister and in 2021 she was promoted to Third Deputy Prime Minister.
Between 2008 and 2011 Ribera held the position of Secretary of State for Climate Change in the second administration of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Between 2014 and 2018, she was director of the Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations, based in Paris.