The dismissal is pending approval by the Council of Ministers, as is that of Victoria Camps, whose position is expected to be occupied by the former Vice President of the Government
The President of the Council of State, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, today announced her resignation from the position, but this will not be effective until it passes through the Council of Ministers, which is the body that has to approve her dismissal, predictably next Tuesday. It is also the Government that will have to approve Fernández de la Vega becoming a permanent member of the institution, something predictable, since Victoria Camps has left her vacant position, with her corresponding resignation also pending approval by the Council of Ministers.
The Government appointed María Teresa Fernández de la Vega as President of the Council of State in June 2018. This is a position linked to each of the legislatures, given that the appointment of the presidency is a prerogative of the President of the Government. For this reason, Fernández de la Vega could not repeat in that position after the general elections that are expected to take place in a little over a year.
The Council of State is the highest consultative body of the Government. Its main function is to make opinions on the consultations formulated by the different ministries. For the most part, these opinions issued by the institution are not binding. The Executive can consult the Council of State on any matter, but there are also mandatory consultations that are required by law.
María Teresa Fernández de la Vega was the first woman to preside over the Council of State. She replaced José Manuel Romay Beccaría, who held his second term at the head of the institution between 2012 and 2018, after having held this same position between 2002 and 2004.
De la Vega had been in this institution since 2010, when José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero appointed her as a member of the permanent commission, a place to which she will presumably return. She there she chaired the commission in charge of analyzing the affairs of the Ministries of Education, Culture or Health. It was in 2010 when she left the deputy act, since it was incompatible with her position in the Council of State. She had held a seat continuously since 1996.
Before joining the Council of State, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega had been Vice President of the Governments of Rodríguez Zapatero between 2004 and 2010, a position she combined with the portfolio of the Presidency and with the spokesperson for the Executive. Previously, she was Secretary of State for Justice (1994-1996) and Secretary General of the Socialist Parliamentary Group in the Congress of Deputies between 1998 and 2004, that is, years in which the PSOE was in opposition to the governments presided over by Jose Maria Aznar.
The former vice president is also very involved in the Women for Africa Foundation that she created in 2012 and that she has chaired since that year.
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