New ministerial structure

See theRoyal Decree 415/2016, of November 3, by which ministerial departments are restructured.

Royal Decree 424/2016, of 11 November, establishing the basic organizational structure of ministerial departments.

• Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
  • Directorate General for Foreign and Security Policy.
  • Directorate General of the United Nations and Human Rights.
  • Directorate-General for the Maghreb, Mediterranean and Middle East.
  • Directorate General for Africa.
  • Directorate General for North America, Asia and the Pacific.
• Secretary of State for European Affairs.
  • Directorate General for Integration and Coordination of General Affairs of the European Union.
  • Directorate-General for Coordination of the Internal Market and other Community Policies.
  • Directorate-General for Europe.
• Secretary of State for International Cooperation and for Ibero-America and the Caribbean.
  • Directorate General for Sustainable Development Policies.
  • Directorate-General for Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
  • Technical General Secretariat.
  • General Directorate of the Foreign Service.
  • General Directorate of Spaniards Abroad and Consular and Migratory Affairs.

They depend directly on the minister:

1. Directorate General of International Economic Relations.
2. Directorate General of Communication and Diplomatic Information.
3. Introducer of Ambassadors, with rank of General Direction.

• Secretary of State for Justice.
  • Secretaría General de la Administración de Justicia, de la que depende la
    1. Directorate General for Relations with the Administration of Justice.
  • Office of Asset Recovery and Management, with General Management rank.
  • Directorate General for International Legal Cooperation and Relations with Confessions.
• Under-Secretary of Justice
  • Technical General Secretariat.
  • General Directorate of Registries and Notaries.
• Advocate General of the State-Directorate of the State Legal Service, with the rank of Under-Secretary.

• Secretary of State for Defense.
  • Directorate General of Armaments and Materiel.
  • Directorate General of Infrastructure.
  • Directorate General for Economic Affairs.
• Undersecretary of Defense
  • Technical General Secretariat.
  • Directorate General of Personnel.
  • General Directorate of Military Recruitment and Education.
• General Secretariat for Defence Policy, with the rank of Under-Secretary,
  • Directorate General of Defence Policy.

The Minister of Defence also has a Technical Cabinet, whose Director will be a General Officer with the rank of Director-General.

• The Civil Guard depends on the Minister of Defense in the terms provided in the laws.

• Secretary of State for the Treasury.
  • General Secretariat for Regional and Local Funding, with the rank of Undersecretary.
  • Directorate General of Taxes.
  • General Directorate of the Land Registry.
  • Central Economic-Administrative Court, with the rank of General Directorate.
  • Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling.
• Secretary of State for Budgets and Expenses.
  • Directorate General of Budgets.
  • Directorate General of Personnel Costs and Public Pensions.
  • Directorate General of European Funds.
  • General Intervention of the State Administration, with the rank of Undersecretary.
• Secretary of State for the Civil Service.
  • General Secretariat of Digital Administration, with the rank of Undersecretary.
  • Directorate General of the Public Service.
  • Directorate General of Public Governance.
  • Office of Conflicts of Interest, with the rank of General Direction.
• Undersecretary of Finance and Public Service,
  • Technical General Secretariat.
  • Directorate General of State Heritage.
  • General Inspection.
  • General Directorate of Rationalization and Centralization of Recruitment.

• Secretary of State for Security.
  • Directorate General of the Police, whose incumbent will have the rank of Assistant Secretary.
  • General Directorate of the Civil Guard, whose incumbent will have the rank of Assistant Secretary.
  • General Secretariat of Penitentiary Institutions, with the rank of Undersecretary.
  • Directorate General for International Relations and Foreigners.
• Under-Secretary of the Interior
  • Technical General Secretariat.
  • Directorate-General for Internal Policy.
  • Directorate General of Traffic.
  • General Directorate of Civil Protection and Emergencies.
  • Directorate General of Support for Victims of Terrorism.

• Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing.
  • General Secretariat for Infrastructure, with the rank of Under-Secretariat,
    1. Directorate General of Roads.
  • General Secretariat of Transport, with Under-Secretariat rank
    1. Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
    2. Directorate General of the Merchant Navy.
    3. General Directorate of Land Transport.
  • Directorate General of Architecture, Housing and Land.
• Undersecretary of Development
  • Technical General Secretariat.
  • Directorate General of Economic Programming and Budgets.
  • Directorate General of Organization and Inspection.
  • General Directorate of the National Geographic Institute.

• Secretary of State for Education, Vocational Training and Universities.
  • The General Secretariat of Universities, with the rank of Undersecretary.
  • Directorate General of Evaluation and Territorial Cooperation.
  • Directorate General of Vocational Training.
  • General Directorate of Educational Planning and Management.
• Secretary of State for Culture.
  • Directorate General of Cultural and Book Industries.
  • Directorate General of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage.
• Undersecretary of Education, Culture and Sport,
  • Technical General Secretariat.

The Higher Sports Council is attached to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.

• Secretary of State for Employment.
  • Directorate-General for Employment.
  • Directorate-General for Self-Employment, Social Economy and Corporate Social Responsibility.
• Secretary of State for Social Security.
  • Directorate General for Social Security Management.
  • General Intervention of Social Security.
• General Secretariat for Immigration and Emigration
  • Directorate General of Migration.
• Under-Secretariat for Employment and Social Security
  • Technical General Secretariat.
  • Directorate General of the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate.
  • Directorate General of Statistics and Socio-Labour Analysis.

• Secretary of State for Energy.
  • Directorate General for Energy and Mines
• Secretary of State for the Information Society and the Digital Agenda.
  • Directorate General of Telecommunications and Information Technologies.
• Secretary of State for Tourism.
• Undersecretary of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda
  • Technical General Secretariat.

• Secretary of State for the Environment.
  • Directorate General of Water.
  • Spanish Climate Change Office, with the rank of General Direction.
  • General Directorate of Quality and Environmental and Natural Assessment.
  • General Directorate of Sustainability of the Coast and the Sea.
• General Secretariat of Agriculture and Food
  • Directorate General of Agricultural Production and Markets.
  • Directorate General of Agricultural Production Health.
  • Directorate General of the Food Industry.
  • Directorate General of Rural Development and Forestry Policy.
• Under-Secretariat for Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and the Environment
  • Technical General Secretariat.
  • Directorate General of Services
• General Secretariat for Fisheries
  • Directorate General of Fisheries Resources.
  • Directorate General for Fisheries Management and Aquaculture.

• Secretary of State for Relations with the Courts.
  • General Directorate of Relations with the Courts.
• Secretariat of State for Territorial Administrations
  • General Secretariat for Territorial Coordination, with the rank of Sub-Secretariat.
    1. General Directorate of the Peripheral Administration of the State.
    2. General Directorate of Relations with Autonomous Communities and Local Authorities.
• Under-Secretary of the Presidency and for Territorial Administrations
  • Technical General Secretariat-Government Secretariat, with the rank of General Directorate.
• Government Commissioner for the Demographic Challenge, with the rank of Under-Secretary.

The National Intelligence Centre is attached to the Ministry of the Presidency and to the Territorial Administrations.

• Secretary of State for Economy and Enterprise Support.
  • General Secretariat of the Treasury and Financial Policy, with the rank of Undersecretary
    1. Directorate General of the Treasury.
  • Directorate General of Economic Policy.
  • Directorate General of Macroeconomic Analysis and International Economics.
  • Directorate General of Insurance and Pension Funds.
• Secretary of State for Trade.
  • Directorate General of International Trade and Investment.
  • Directorate-General for Trade Policy and Competitiveness.
• Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation.
  • General Secretariat of Science and Innovation, with the rank of Undersecretary.
  • Directorate-General for Research, Development and Innovation Policy.
• General Secretariat for Industry and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, with the rank of Under-Secretary
  • Directorate General of Industry and Small and Medium Enterprises.
• Undersecretary of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness.
  • Technical General Secretariat.

• Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality.
  • Government Delegation for Gender Violence, with the rank of General Director.
  • Directorate-General for Family and Child Services.
  • General Directorate of Disability Support Policies.
  • Government delegation for the National Plan on Drugs, with the rank of General Directorate.
• Under-Secretariat for Health, Social Services and Equality,
  • Technical General Secretariat
• General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs, with the rank of Under-Secretary,
  • Directorate General of Public Health, Quality and Innovation.
  • General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National Health and Pharmacy System.
  • Directorate General of Professional Management.

The Secretariat of State for Communication is organically subordinate to the Presidency of the Government and functionally to the Minister who assumes the functions of Government Spokesperson (Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport), for the purpose of exercising these functions.