Under Secretary of the Presidency

Not to be confused with the Assistant Secretary or Undersecretary of the Presidency, the preceding department of the Ministry of the Presidency.
Under Secretary of the Presidency
Subsecretario de la Presidencia
Coat of Arms used by the Government
Incumbent
Alberto Herrera Rodríguez
since July 28, 2021
Ministry of the Presidency
Undersecretariat of the Presidency
StyleThe Most Excellent (formal)
Mr/Ms. Under-Secretary(informal)
Reports toPresidency Minister
NominatorPresidency Minister
AppointerMonarch
PrecursorSecretary of the Presidency
FormationJuly 15, 1865
First holderAlejandro Shee y Saavedra
Salary€ 111,802.37 per year[1]
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The Under-Secretary of the Presidency, officially Under-Secretary of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes and Equality is the most senior civil servant of the Ministry of the Presidency of Spain.

The Under-Secretary is responsible for assisting the Minister in his duties to support the Prime Minister, preparing the meeting of the Council of Ministers and other governmental meetings, coordinating and directing the common services of the department, controlling the economic, human and technological resources of the Ministry, elaborating the governmental regulations, giving authorization for the use of the Coat of Arms, Flag and other symbols of the State and the competences about the ministry's gender equality and transparency.[2]

From the Undersecretariat of the Presidency depends a major department called Technical General Secretariat-Secretariat of the Government and other minor departments.

  1. ^ "Retribuciones para el año 2017 para el organismo Ministerio de la Presidencia". transparencia.gob.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  2. ^ "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.