Sara Aagesenthe current Secretary of State for Energy, will replace Teresa Ribera as third vice president of the Government and minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, as sources from the Executive have confirmed to EFE.
This announcement comes after Ribera’s appointment as executive vice president of the new European Commission. The Government thus opts for an eminently technical profile, Aagesen is not affiliated with any party political.
With this appointment, Pedro Sánchez completes the changes in its Executive, to which Óscar López, who was director of the Cabinet of the Presidency of the Government, recently joined as minister for Digital Transformation and the Public Service, filling the vacancy left by José Luis Escrivá after his appointment as the new governor of the Bank of Spain.
The decision of the Executive also implies recognizing the weight of energy policy on your agenda –especially since the gas and electricity price crisis as a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022–, and guarantees a path of continuity in a portfolio that seems fundamental for the Spanish economy.
A technical profile with extensive experience
Born in Madrid in 1976, Aagesen is chemical engineer from the Complutense University of Madrid, with a specialty in the Environment, and since January 2020 she has served as Secretary of State for Energy.
Throughout his professional career he has held different positions related to the area of the portfolio that he will lead. In 2002 he joined the Office of Climate Change, where he developed a career linked to climate action and the energy transition both nationally and internationally.
Among other responsibilities, he has been in charge of the sector analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions and projections, energy scenarios and planning in different economic sectors, and has participated in the design and development of measures and instruments for the mitigation of climate change in Spain.
Negotiator for the Spanish delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002, she has been a member of the Advisory Council of the Climate Technology Center and Network (CTCN). ), sponsored by the United Nations Environment Organization, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
In addition, she has participated as an expert in various working groups of the European Commission and in the monitoring and evaluation of community regulatory development.
In recognition of her international work, in 2013 she was awarded the Cross of the Civil Order of Environmental Merit, awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, which at that time was in the hands of the popular Miguel Arias Cañete.
In 2018 she was named advisor to the cabinet of the Ministry for the Ecological Transitionwhere he was responsible for the direction, coordination and definition of the draft of the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC) 2021-2030 and the Long-Term Strategy 2050. Likewise, he has participated in the design of policies and measures of the new framework energy regulations.
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