The current chief of staff of the President of the Government, Oscar Lopezwill be the new minister of Digital transformation and public service after the departure of José Luis Escriva from the Council of Ministers following his appointment as the new governor of the Bank of Spain.
Lopez has been the president’s right-hand man since July 2021, when he replaced Ivan Redondo. He is one of the men closest to the head of the executive and his influence on the executive is unquestionable. Born in 1973, he graduated in political science and has a double major in international studies and public administration from the Complutense University of Madrid.
In addition, he studied a postgraduate degree in International Political Science and Economics at the British University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. He was Secretary General of the PSOE of Castilla y Leon between 2008 and 2012, and Spokesperson in the Cortes between 2011 and 2014, and Secretary of Organization of the PSOE at national level between 2012 and 2014, under the direction of Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba.
He was a deputy for the province of Segovia between 2004 and 2011 and a senator between 2011 and 2012 and again between 2014 and 2018. He was also spokesperson for the socialist group in the Upper House between 2015 and 2016. Between 2018 and 2021, he was president of the Paradoresuntil he was called to replace Iván Redondo as Pedro Sánchez’s chief of staff. In addition, after the last elections, he regained his status as a deputy, this time for Madrid.
Oscar Lopez He maintains very close relations with two ministers of Valladolidthe former mayor of Valladolid Oscar BridgeMinister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, and especially with Ana Redondo, the Minister of Equality, who was his right-hand man in the regional Parliament and with whom he maintains a close friendship.
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