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

He joined the

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(PSOE) in 1996 and he was an advisor to the Socialist Parliamentary Group in the

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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 José Blanco López (born 6 February 1962), also known as Pepe Blanco, is a Spanish socialist politician. He was the deputy general of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and was the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (Spain), Minist ...

, who appointed him coordinator of the Secretariat for Organization and Electoral Action, a position he held between September 2000 and June 2008. 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 The Congress of Deputies () is the lower house of the , Spain's legislative branch, the upper house being the Senate. The Congress meets in the Palace of the Parliament () in Madrid. Congress has 350 members elected from fifty-two constituencie ...

representing

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in the 8th and 9th Legislatures (2004-2011) and spokesman for the Parliamentary Control Commission of

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, 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

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for the

(Socialist Group) at the

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between 2015 and 2016. From July 2021 to September 2024, he was the 12th Moncloa Chief of Staff. He was elected to the

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in the

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from

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

References

1973 births Living people Politicians from Madrid Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians Members of the 8th Cortes of Castile and León Members of the 15th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Government ministers of Spain {{Spain-politician-stub