Biography of the Minister of Youth and Children

Sira Abed Rego

Minister of Youth and Childhood

Functions

The Ministry of Youth and Childhood is responsible for proposing and executing the Government's policy on youth and the protection of minors, as well as the relationship with Autonomous Communities and local entities for their development.

Academic Background

Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics.

Professional Experience

Appointed Minister of Youth and Childhood by Royal Decree 835/2023, dated November 20.

Member of the European Parliament (2019-2023).

Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on Petitions, Delegation for Relations with Central American Countries, and Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly. Substitute member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs: follow-up of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. Substitute member of the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.

Deputy Mayor and Councilor for Housing, Environmental Sustainability, Parks and Gardens, Urban Mobility and Transport, and Citizen Security of Rivas-Vaciamadrid (2007-2019).

Personal Note

Born in Valencia in 1973.

Automatically translated with OpenAI from Spanish

Photo by Sira Abed Rego