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Óscar López Águeda

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Óscar López
Minister for Digital Transformation and Civil Service
Assumed office
6 September 2024
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byJosé Luis Escrivá
Secretary-General of the Socialist Workers' Party of the Community of Madrid
Assumed office
7 December 2024
Preceded byJuan Lobato
12th Moncloa Chief of Staff
In office
14 July 2021 – 6 September 2024
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byIván Redondo
Succeeded byDiego Rubio Rodríguez
Leader of the Socialist Parlamentary Group at the Spanish Senate
In office
22 June 2015 – 10 October 2016
Preceded byMaría Chivite
Succeeded byVicente Álvarez Areces
Secretary of Organization of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
In office
5 February 2012 – 27 July 2014
Preceded byMarcelino Iglesias
Succeeded byCésar Luena
Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Castile and León
In office
20 September 2008 – 14 April 2012
Preceded byÁngel Villaba
Succeeded byJulio Villarrubia
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
17 August – 6 December 2023
ConstituencyMadrid
In office
2 April 2004 – 13 June 2011
ConstituencySegovia
Member of the Senate
In office
10 September 2014 – 24 July 2018
ConstituencyCastile and León
In office
13 July 2011 – 20 February 2012
ConstituencyCastile and León
Member of the Cortes of Castile and León
In office
13 June 2011 – 12 September 2014
ConstituencySegovia
Personal details
Born (1973-04-07) 7 April 1973 (age 51)
Madrid, Spain
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party
OccupationPolitician

Óscar López Águeda (born April 7, 1973), is a Spanish politician serving as minister for Digital Transformation and Civil Service of Spain since 2024.

Political career

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He joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 1996 and he was an advisor to the Socialist Parliamentary Group in the European Parliament between 1997 and 2000, due to his status as an expert in international relations.

Upon his return to Spain, he was hired by the new Socialist Secretary of Organization, José Blanco López, who appointed him coordinator of the Secretariat for Organization and Electoral Action, a position he held between September 2000 and June 2008.[1] In 2005, he was a full member of the PSOE executive committee.

At the same time, López was a member of the Congress of Deputies representing Segovia in the 8th and 9th Legislatures (2004-2011) and spokesman for the Parliamentary Control Commission of RTVE, as he was the rapporteur of the bill to reform the financing of the RTVE Corporation.

On 20 September 2008 he was appointed Secretary-General of the PSOE of Castilla y León, leaving his national party offices. He remained in this position until 14 April 2012, when he decided not to stand for re-election and to focus on his role as Secretary of Organization of the PSOE.

He was Spokesperson for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Socialist Group) at the Senate between 2015 and 2016.[2]

From July 2021 to September 2024, he was the 12th Moncloa Chief of Staff.

He was elected to the 15th Congress of Deputies in the 2023 Spanish general election from Madrid.

In September 2024, he was appointed minister for Digital Transformation and Civil Service.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "El pupilo de Blanco". www.publico.es. 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  2. ^ "Óscar López, nuevo portavoz del PSOE en el Senado" (in Spanish). ABC.es. June 22, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  3. ^ Lerma, Guillermo (2024-09-04). "Óscar López sustituirá a Escrivá al frente del Ministerio de Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública". Cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-06.