Secretary of State for Universities and Research

{{Infobox official post

| post = Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Universities

| native_name = Secretario de Estado de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades

| flag = Logotipo de la Secretaría de Estado de Universidades, Investigacción, Desarrollo e Innovación.png

| flagsize = 300px

| insignia = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg

| insigniasize = 100px

| insigniacaption = Coat of Arms used by the Government

| image = JUAN CRUZ CIGUDOSA.jpg

| incumbent = Juan Cruz Cigudosa

| incumbentsince = 8 December 2023

| style = The Most Excellent (formal)
Madam Secretary of State (informal)

| department = Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
Secretariat of State for Science, Innovation and Universities

| reports_to = Science Minister

| nominator = Science Minister

| appointer = The Monarch

| first = Luis González Seara

| abbreviation =

| salary =

| precursor = Director-General for Universities
Director-General for Scientific Policy

| formation = {{Start date and age|1977|7|4}}

| abolished =

| website = [http://www.ciencia.gob.es/ ciencia.gob.es]

}}

The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Universities, known in its early years as Secretary of State for Universities and Research, is the second highest office of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of the Government of Spain. The Secretary of State is appointed by the Monarch on the advice of the Science Minister.

As the second highest office of the Ministry, the Secretary of State is responsible for the direction of the responsibilities assigned to the Ministry over science, R&D&I and universities. The Secretary of State designs and directs, in coordination with the Secretary of State for Education, the scholarship and study aid programs and coordinated the efforts of the different Spanish public administrations and the European institutions.

The Secretary of State also takes care of the well administration and distribution of the European Union funds destined to universities, science and research and it secures the equal and universal access and no discrimination to universities and science with special attention to the role of women in this area.{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2018-9860|title=Royal Decree 865/2018, of July 13, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities is developed.|website=boe.es|language=es|access-date=2018-12-02}}

Because of his position, the Secretary of State is also the president of the State Research Agency and the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology.

History

The Secretariat of State was created for the first time in 1977{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1977-15200|title=Royal Decree 1558/1977, of July 4, by which certain organs of the Central State Administration are restructured.|website=www.boe.es|language=es|access-date=2018-12-02}} with the name of Secretariat of State for Universities and Innovation and was integrated in the Ministry of Education and Science but it was soon replaced by the Ministry of Universities and Science created in 1979.{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1979-9454|title=Royal Decree 708/1979, of April 5, by which certain organs of the Central State Administration are restructured.|website=www.boe.es|language=es|access-date=2018-12-02}} This ministry was suppressed in 1981 and the secretariat of state was activated again and integrated in the Ministry of Education.

The significant modification happened in 2000. During the Second Aznar Government, the Ministry of Science and Technology was created and assumed the competences over R&D&I and science,{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2000-8872|title=Royal Decree 696/2000, of May 12, which establishes the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Science and Technology.|website=www.boe.es|language=es|access-date=2018-12-02}} but the competences over universities were maintained in the Ministry of Education. At this time, the Secretary of State for Education assumed the competences over universities and in the Ministry of Science was created the Secretariat of State for Scientific and Technological Policy.

In 2004, the Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero merged the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and the Secretariat of State for Universities and Research was created again. In his second government, Zapatero revived the Ministry of Science but split the secretariat of state in two. In 2009 the Secretariat of State for Universities was suppressed and all its competences were assumed by the General Secretariat of Universities in the Ministry of Education.{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2009-11185|title=Royal Decree 1086/2009, of July 3, which modifies and develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Education.|website=www.boe.es|language=es|access-date=2018-12-02}}

In 2012, the new government of Mariano Rajoy continued with the major austerity plan started by Zapatero to improve the economy which started with the reduction of dozens of high-ranking officials. This provoked that disappearance of the Ministry of Science and most of its competences were granted to the Ministry of Economy, which had as one of its major departments the Secretariat of State for Research, Development and Innovation. The General Secretariat for Universities was also eliminated and its competences were assumed, once again, by the Secretary of State for Education.{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2011-19939|title=Royal Decree 1823/2011, of December 21, by which the ministerial departments are restructured.|website=www.boe.es|language=es|access-date=2018-12-02}}

Once that the crisis was over, the change of government in 2018 it brought with it the enlargement of the State Administration with the creation of new ministerial departments like the Ministry of Science, that assumed its old competences.

Names

Secretary of State for Universities and Research (1977–1979; 1981–1996; 2004–2008)
Secretary of State for Universities, Research and Innovation (1996–2000)
Secretary of State for Education and Universities (2000–2004)
Secretary of State for Scientific and Technological Policy (2000–2004)
Secretary of State for Universities and Research (2004–2008).
Secretary of State for Universities (2008–2009)
Secretary of State for Research (2008–2011)
Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation (2011–2018).
Secretary of State for Education, Vocational Training and Universities (2011–2018).
Secretary of State for Universities, Research, Development and Innovation (2018–2020)
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Universities (2023–)

Structure

To carry out its duties, the Secretariat of State is divided in five major departments and two non-ministerial bodies:{{Citation |last=Ministerio de Hacienda y Función Pública |title=Real Decreto 1009/2023, de 5 de diciembre, por el que se establece la estructura orgánica básica de los departamentos ministeriales |date=2023-12-06 |url=https://www.boe.es/eli/es/rd/2023/12/05/1009 |issue=Real Decreto 1009/2023 |pages=161991–162009 |access-date=2023-12-20}}

The General Secretariat for Research.
: It is the department responsible for the promotion of R&D&I, the promotion of the Spanish participation in the European Union R&D&I programs and the scientific divulgation. It also supervises all the scientific institutions of the country.
The General Secretariat for Universities.
: It is a department that has a long history inside of the Administration and that sometimes was granted with autonomy. It's the highest university body responsible for developing the university policy, it elaborates regulation drafts and it promotes the scientific collaboration in universities in coordination with the General Secretariat for Research.
The General Secretariat for Innovation.
: It is the department responsible for innovation and knowledge transfer.
:The General Secretariat for Innovation is divided in three departments: the Deputy Directorate-General for Innovation Promotion, the Deputy Directorate-General for Innovation Coordination and aTechnical Cabinet.
The Directorate-General for Planning, Coordination and Knowledge Transfer.
The Special Commissioner for Vanguard Health.

Along with the mentioned departments, the Secretariat of State is the directly responsible of the State Research Agency and the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology.

List of state secretaries

class="wikitable sortable" style="clear:right; text-align:center" !rowspan="2"\| Image !rowspan="2"\| Name !colspan="3"\| Term of office !rowspan="2"\| Ministers serving under !rowspan="2"\| Prime Minister
Began ! Ended ! Days of service
75px \|Luis González Seara \|13 July 1977 \|6 January 1979 \|{{age in days\|1977\|7\|13\|1979\|1\|6}} \|Íñigo Cavero \|Adolfo Suárez
style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"\| Competences assumed by Luis González Seara as Minister of Universities and Research between 1979 and 1981
75px \|Manuel Cobo del Rosal \|16 March 1981 \|21 December 1981 \|{{age in days\|1981\|3\|16\|1981\|12\|21}} \|Juan Antonio Ortega y Díaz-Ambrona \|rowspan="2"\|Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
75px \|Saturnino de la Plaza Pérez \|21 December 1981 \|8 December 1982 \|{{age in days\|1981\|12\|21\|1982\|12\|8}} \|Federico Mayor Zaragoza
\|Carmina Virgili \|8 December 1982 \|4 May 1985 \|{{age in days\|1982\|12\|8\|1985\|5\|4}} \|José María Maravall \|rowspan="5"\|Felipe González
75px \|Juan Manuel Rojo Alaminos \|4 May 1985 \|1 August 1992 \|{{age in days\|1985\|5\|4\|1992\|8\|1}} \|José María Maravall Javier Solana
75px \|Elías Fereres Castiel \|1 August 1992 \|13 September 1994 \|{{age in days\|1992\|8\|1\|1994\|9\|13}} \|Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba Gustavo Suárez Pertierra
75px \|Emilio Octavio de Toledo y Ubieto \|13 September 1994 \|2 October 1995 \|{{age in days\|1994\|9\|13\|1995\|10\|2}} \|Gustavo Suárez Pertierra Jerónimo Saavedra
75px \|Enric Banda Tarradellas \|2 October 1995 \|11 May 1996 \|{{age in days\|1995\|10\|2\|1996\|5\|11}} \|Jerónimo Saavedra
75px \|Fernando Tejerina García \|11 May 1996 \|12 July 1997 \|{{age in days\|1996\|5\|11\|1997\|7\|12}} \|rowspan="2"\|Esperanza Aguirre \|rowspan="6"\|José María Aznar
75px \|Manuel Jesús González González \|12 July 1997 \|23 January 1999 \|{{age in days\|1997\|7\|12\|1999\|1\|23}}
75px \|Jorge Fernández Díaz \|23 January 1999 \|6 May 2000 \|{{age in days\|1999\|1\|23\|2000\|5\|6}} \|Mariano Rajoy
bgcolor="Beige" \|75px \|Julio Iglesias de Ussel Secretary of State for Education and Universities \|6 May 2000 \|20 April 2004 \|{{age in days\|2000\|5\|6\|2004\|4\|20}} \|Pilar del Castillo
bgcolor="Azure" \|75px \|Ramón Marimón Suñol Secretary of State for Scientific and Technological Policy \|6 May 2000 \|3 August 2002 \|{{age in days\|2000\|5\|6\|2002\|8\|3}} \|Anna Birulés
bgcolor="Azure" \|75px \|Pedro Morenés Secretary of State for Scientific and Technological Policy \|3 August 2002 \|20 April 2004 \|{{age in days\|2002\|8\|3\|2004\|4\|20}} \|Josep Piqué
75px \|Salvador Ordoñez Delgado \|20 April 2004 \|6 May 2006 \|{{age in days\|2004\|4\|20\|2006\|5\|6}} \|María Jesús San Segundo \|rowspan="6"\|José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
75px \|Miguel Ángel Quintanilla \|6 May 2006 \|16 April 2008 \|{{age in days\|2006\|5\|6\|2008\|4\|16}} \|María Jesús San Segundo
bgcolor="Azure" \|75px \|Carlos Martínez Alonso Secretary of State for Research \|15 April 2008 \|5 December 2009 \|{{age in days\|2008\|4\|15\|2009\|12\|5}} \|Cristina Garmendia
bgcolor="Beige" \|75px \|Márius Rubiralta i Alcañiz Secretary of State for Universities \|21 April 2008 \|25 April 2009 \|{{age in days\|2008\|4\|21\|2009\|4\|25}} \|Cristina Garmendia
style="text-align:center;" colspan="6"\| University competences assumed by the General Secretary of Universities between 2009 and 2011
bgcolor="Azure" \|75px \|Felipe Pétriz Calvo Secretary of State for Research \|5 December 2009 \|24 December 2011 \|{{age in days\|2009\|12\|5\|2011\|12\|24}} \|Cristina Garmendia
bgcolor="Azure" \|75px \|Carmen Vela Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation \|31 December 2011 \|19 June 2018 \|{{age in days\|2011\|12\|31\|2018\|6\|19}} \|Luis de Guindos \|rowspan="3"\|Mariano Rajoy
bgcolor="Beige" \|75px \|Montserrat Gomendio Secretary of State for Education, Vocational Training and Universities \|14 January 2012 \|4 July 2015 \|{{age in days\|2012\|1\|14\|2015\|7\|4}} \|José Ignacio Wert
bgcolor="Beige" \|75px \|Marcial Marín Hellín{{Cite news\|url=https://www.abc.es/toledo/ciudad/20150702/abci-marcial-marin-economista-exconsejero-201507021707.html\|title=Marcial Marín, un economista y exconsejero a la Secretaría de Estado de Educación\|work=abc\|access-date=2018-12-02\|language=es-ES}} Secretary of State for Education, Vocational Training and Universities \|4 July 2015 \|19 June 2018 \|{{age in days\|2015\|7\|4\|2018\|6\|19}} \|Íñigo Méndez de Vigo
\|Ángeles Heras Caballero{{Cite news\|url=https://www.publico.es/politica/ministerio-ciencia-investigadora-angeles-heras-sera-numero-ministerio-ciencia.html\|title=La investigadora Ángeles Heras será la número dos del Ministerio de Ciencia\|access-date=2018-12-02\|language=es-ES}}{{Cite news\|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/06/13/ciencia/1528910557_731795.html\|title=Ángeles Heras, propuesta como número dos del Ministerio de Ciencia\|last=Domínguez\|first=Nuño\|date=2018-06-13\|work=El País\|access-date=2018-12-02\|language=es\|issn=1134-6582}} \|19 June 2018 \|15 January 2020 \|{{age in days\|2018\|6\|19\|2020\|1\|15}} \|Pedro Duque \|rowspan="2"\|Pedro Sánchez
112x112px \|Juan Cruz Cigudosa \|8 December 2023 \|Incumbent \|{{age in days\|2023\|12\|8}} \|Diana Morant

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!rowspan="2"| Image

!rowspan="2"| Name

!colspan="3"| Term of office

!rowspan="2"| Ministers serving under

!rowspan="2"| Prime Minister

Began

! Ended

! Days of service

75px

|Luis González Seara

|13 July 1977

|6 January 1979

|{{age in days|1977|7|13|1979|1|6}}

|Íñigo Cavero

|Adolfo Suárez

style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"| Competences assumed by Luis González Seara as Minister of Universities and Research between 1979 and 1981

75px

|Manuel Cobo del Rosal

|16 March 1981

|21 December 1981

|{{age in days|1981|3|16|1981|12|21}}

|Juan Antonio Ortega y Díaz-Ambrona

|rowspan="2"|Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo

75px

|Saturnino de la Plaza Pérez

|21 December 1981

|8 December 1982

|{{age in days|1981|12|21|1982|12|8}}

|Federico Mayor Zaragoza

|Carmina Virgili

|8 December 1982

|4 May 1985

|{{age in days|1982|12|8|1985|5|4}}

|José María Maravall

|rowspan="5"|Felipe González

75px

|Juan Manuel Rojo Alaminos

|4 May 1985

|1 August 1992

|{{age in days|1985|5|4|1992|8|1}}

|José María Maravall

Javier Solana

75px

|Elías Fereres Castiel

|1 August 1992

|13 September 1994

|{{age in days|1992|8|1|1994|9|13}}

|Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba

Gustavo Suárez Pertierra

75px

|Emilio Octavio de Toledo y Ubieto

|13 September 1994

|2 October 1995

|{{age in days|1994|9|13|1995|10|2}}

|Gustavo Suárez Pertierra

Jerónimo Saavedra

75px

|Enric Banda Tarradellas

|2 October 1995

|11 May 1996

|{{age in days|1995|10|2|1996|5|11}}

|Jerónimo Saavedra

75px

|Fernando Tejerina García

|11 May 1996

|12 July 1997

|{{age in days|1996|5|11|1997|7|12}}

|rowspan="2"|Esperanza Aguirre

|rowspan="6"|José María Aznar

75px

|Manuel Jesús González González

|12 July 1997

|23 January 1999

|{{age in days|1997|7|12|1999|1|23}}

75px

|Jorge Fernández Díaz

|23 January 1999

|6 May 2000

|{{age in days|1999|1|23|2000|5|6}}

|Mariano Rajoy

bgcolor="Beige"

|75px

|Julio Iglesias de Ussel
Secretary of State for Education and Universities

|6 May 2000

|20 April 2004

|{{age in days|2000|5|6|2004|4|20}}

|Pilar del Castillo

bgcolor="Azure"

|75px

|Ramón Marimón Suñol
Secretary of State for Scientific and Technological Policy

|6 May 2000

|3 August 2002

|{{age in days|2000|5|6|2002|8|3}}

|Anna Birulés

bgcolor="Azure"

|75px

|Pedro Morenés
Secretary of State for Scientific and Technological Policy

|3 August 2002

|20 April 2004

|{{age in days|2002|8|3|2004|4|20}}

|Josep Piqué

75px

|Salvador Ordoñez Delgado

|20 April 2004

|6 May 2006

|{{age in days|2004|4|20|2006|5|6}}

|María Jesús San Segundo

|rowspan="6"|José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

75px

|Miguel Ángel Quintanilla

|6 May 2006

|16 April 2008

|{{age in days|2006|5|6|2008|4|16}}

|María Jesús San Segundo

bgcolor="Azure"

|75px

|Carlos Martínez Alonso
Secretary of State for Research

|15 April 2008

|5 December 2009

|{{age in days|2008|4|15|2009|12|5}}

|Cristina Garmendia

bgcolor="Beige"

|75px

|Márius Rubiralta i Alcañiz
Secretary of State for Universities

|21 April 2008

|25 April 2009

|{{age in days|2008|4|21|2009|4|25}}

|Cristina Garmendia

style="text-align:center;" colspan="6"| University competences assumed by the General Secretary of Universities between 2009 and 2011

bgcolor="Azure"

|75px

|Felipe Pétriz Calvo
Secretary of State for Research

|5 December 2009

|24 December 2011

|{{age in days|2009|12|5|2011|12|24}}

|Cristina Garmendia

bgcolor="Azure"

|75px

|Carmen Vela
Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation

|31 December 2011

|19 June 2018

|{{age in days|2011|12|31|2018|6|19}}

|Luis de Guindos

|rowspan="3"|Mariano Rajoy

bgcolor="Beige"

|75px

|Montserrat Gomendio
Secretary of State for Education, Vocational Training and Universities

|14 January 2012

|4 July 2015

|{{age in days|2012|1|14|2015|7|4}}

|José Ignacio Wert

bgcolor="Beige"

|75px

|Marcial Marín Hellín{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.es/toledo/ciudad/20150702/abci-marcial-marin-economista-exconsejero-201507021707.html|title=Marcial Marín, un economista y exconsejero a la Secretaría de Estado de Educación|work=abc|access-date=2018-12-02|language=es-ES}}
Secretary of State for Education, Vocational Training and Universities

|4 July 2015

|19 June 2018

|{{age in days|2015|7|4|2018|6|19}}

|Íñigo Méndez de Vigo

|Ángeles Heras Caballero{{Cite news|url=https://www.publico.es/politica/ministerio-ciencia-investigadora-angeles-heras-sera-numero-ministerio-ciencia.html|title=La investigadora Ángeles Heras será la número dos del Ministerio de Ciencia|access-date=2018-12-02|language=es-ES}}{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/06/13/ciencia/1528910557_731795.html|title=Ángeles Heras, propuesta como número dos del Ministerio de Ciencia|last=Domínguez|first=Nuño|date=2018-06-13|work=El País|access-date=2018-12-02|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}

|19 June 2018

|15 January 2020

|{{age in days|2018|6|19|2020|1|15}}

|Pedro Duque

|rowspan="2"|Pedro Sánchez

112x112px

|Juan Cruz Cigudosa

|8 December 2023

|Incumbent

|{{age in days|2023|12|8}}

|Diana Morant

The coloured secretaries of state hadn't all the competences described in this article.

References

External links

[https://www.marcaespana.es/ Marca España (Brand Spain) website]

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