Secretary of State for Telecommunications

The Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures (SETID) is senior minister of the Spanish Department of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation.

Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures
Secretario de Estado de Telecomunicaciones e Infraestructuras Digitales
Coat of Arms used by the Government
Incumbent
Roberto Sánchez Sánchez
since January 15, 2020
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Secretariat of State for Telecommunications
StyleThe Most Excellent (formal)
Mr/Ms. Secretary of State(informal)
AbbreviationSETID
Reports toMinister for Economic Affairs
NominatorMinister for Economic Affairs
AppointerMonarch
PrecursorSecretary General for Communications
FormationApril 27, 2000
First holderBaudilio Tomé Muguruza
Salary€ 110,604 per year [1]
Websitemineco.gob.es

The Secretary of State for Telecommunications is responsible for the promotion, regulation and knowledge of the telecommunications sector, audiovisual services and the Information Society, the dialogue with the professional, industrial and academic sectors and the coordination or cooperation between different ministries and with other public administrations regarding these matters.

The Secretariat of State, led by the SETID, is divided in two departments; one with the level of Directorate-General and other with the level of Deputy Directorate-General.

History

Since the arrival of the democracy to Spain, becoming an advanced country was one of the goals of the first democratic governments and that means to have a good network of communications.

The importance was such that in 1977, a year before the Constitution was approved, a Ministry of Transport and Communications was created. This Ministry assumed most of the competences that the current Secretariat of State for Communications has and the organs of this ministry dedicated to telecoms had most of them the level of Directorate-General.

In 1985, because of the fast growing of the communications systems and media, the department dedicated to telecoms in this Ministry was elevated to the level of General Secretariat and was divided in three departments: for mail, for telecoms and for communications infraestructure.[2]

In 1990, the Ministry was fusionated with the Ministry of Development but maintain the communications department intact.

It wasn't until 2000 when the department was elevated to the level of Secretariat of State and the current department is officially created.[3] At the beginning received the name of Secretariat of State for Telecommunications and for the Information Society and depended from the Ministry of Science from 2000 to 2004 and from the Ministry of Industry since 2004 to its renovation in 2016.

In 2016, a new government reestructuration created a new ministry with competences over Energy, Tourism and Communications, being called Ministry of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda. With this ministry, the Secretariat of State was renamed Secretariat of State for the Information Society and Digital Agenda.

Two years later, in 2018, a change in the government provoked that the competences over telecommunications were transferred to the Ministry of Economy and the Secretariat of State was renamed Secretariat of State for Digital Progress.[4] In 2020, the position of Secretary of State for Digitization and Artificial Intelligence was created and it assumed some responsibilities. This new position also assumed the oversight for Red.es, a public company in charge of the development of programs to boost the digital economy, innovation, entrepreneurship, training for young people and professionals and support for SMEs by promoting the efficient and intensive use of Information and Communication Technologies.[5]

Structure

Under the authority of the Secretary of State there are the following departments:[5]

  • The Directorate-General for Telecommunications and Management of Audiovisual Communication Services.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Telecommunications Management.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure Operators.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Planning and Management of the Radioelectric Spectrum.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure Inspection.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Customer Service of Telecommunications and Digital Services.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Audiovisual Communication Services Management.
    • The Provincial Offices for Telecommunications Inspection.
  • The Division for Economic Programming and Hiring.

List of secretaries of state
No. Image Name Term of office Ministers serving under: Prime Minister appointed by:
Began Ended Days of service
1º Baudilio Tomé Muguruza 6 May 2000 3 August 2002 819 Anna Birulés José María Aznar
2º Carlos López Blanco 3 August 2002 1 May 2004 637 Josep Piqué
3º Francisco Ros Perán 1 May 2004 27 July 2010 2278 José Montilla
Miguel Sebastián Gascón		 José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
4º Bernardo Lorenzo Almendros 27 July 2010 10 May 2011 287 Miguel Sebastián Gascón
5º Juan Junquera Temprano 10 May 2011 31 December 2011 235 Miguel Sebastián Gascón
5º Víctor Calvo-Sotelo 31 December 2011 19 November 2016 1785 José Manuel Soria
Luis de Guindos		 Mariano Rajoy
6º José María Lassalle 19 November 2016 19 June 2018 1785 Álvaro Nadal
7º Francisco Polo 19 June 2018 15 January 2020 575 Nadia Calviño Pedro Sánchez
8º Roberto Sánchez Sánchez 15 January 2020 Incumbent 1363

References
  1. "Retribuciones para el año 2017 para el organismo Ministerio de Industria, Energia y Turismo". BOE.es. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. "Royal Decree 1209/1985, of June 19, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Transport, Tourism and Communications is partially modified, the National Institute for the Promotion of Tourism is established and certain autonomous Organisms attached to the Department are abolished". BOE.es. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. "Royal Decree 696/2000, of May 12, which establishes the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Science and Technology". BOE.es. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. "Royal Decree 1046/2018, of August 24, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Economy and Business is developed". BOE.es. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  5. [Royal Decree 403/2020, of February 25, which develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation. "BOE.es - Documento consolidado BOE-A-2020-2739"]. boe.es. Retrieved 2020-05-12. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
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