Biography of the Secretary of State for Youth and Children

Rubén Pérez Correa

Secretary of State for the Ministry of Youth and Childhood

Functions

The State Secretariat, under the authority of the Ministry's holder, is responsible for promoting, developing, and coordinating the Government's policy on youth, adolescents, and children, with special attention to guaranteeing constitutional rights and the general interest.

Specifically, it assumes the functions of coordination between the bodies that depend on it, as well as promoting institutional and inter-territorial cooperation and participation in the relevant international and European Union organizations by reason of the matter.

Academic Background

Graduated in History (2000) from the University of Santiago de Compostela, with a Pedagogical Adaptation Course from the same University (2000).

Linked to his professional activity, he has completed additional training in Logistics and Production, as well as in ISO Management Systems.

Professional Experience

Appointed Secretary of State for the Ministry of Youth and Childhood by Royal Decree 1002/2023, of November 28.

From the year 2000 until his appointment as Secretary of State, he worked in various positions in a Vigo-based IT services company. Thus, between the years 2000 and 2014, he was Head of Logistics; until 2018, Head of Quality and Environmental Management; and, currently, Head of Sustainability and ESG and CSR Policies.

This professional activity has been combined with different responsibilities and union and political positions.

Between the years 2005 and 2010, he was a Union Delegate for CC.OO. in his company and during that interval, he was also a member of the Vigo Regional Executive of the Metal Federation of CC.OO. Between 2013 and 2017, he was Secretary of Organization of Esquerda Unida de Galicia. During the last two municipal legislatures, between 2015 and 2023, he served as spokesperson for the Marea de Vigo Municipal Group in the Vigo Council.

Since the year 2021 and currently, he serves as Head of Municipal Policy for Izquierda Unida Federal.

Automatically translated with OpenAI from Spanish

Photo by Ruben Perez Correa