Óscar López Águeda

Spanish politician (born 1973)

Óscar López Águeda


Minister for Digital Transformation and Civil Service
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 September 2024
Prime Minister	Pedro Sánchez
Preceded by	José Luis Escrivá
12th Moncloa Chief of Staff
In office 14 July 2021 – 6 September 2024
Prime Minister	Pedro Sánchez
Preceded by	Iván Redondo
Leader of the Socialist Group at the Spanish Senate
In office 22 June 2015 – 10 October 2016
Preceded by	María Chivite
Succeeded by	Vicente Álvarez Areces

Personal details
Born	(1973-04-07) 7 April 1973 (age 51) Madrid, Spain
Political party	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Occupation	Politician

Óscar López Águeda (born April 7, 1973), known simply as Óscar López, is a Spanish politician serving as minister for Digital Transformation and Civil Service of Spain since 2024.

He was Spokesperson for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Socialist Group) at the Senate between 2015 and 2016.^[1]

From July 2021 to September 2024, he was the 12th Moncloa Chief of Staff.

He was elected to the 15th Congress of Deputies in the 2023 Spanish general election from Madrid.

In September 2024, he was appointed minister for Digital Transformation and Civil Service.^[2]

References

^ "Óscar López, nuevo portavoz del PSOE en el Senado" (in Spanish). ABC.es. June 22, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
^ Lerma, Guillermo (2024-09-04). "Óscar López sustituirá a Escrivá al frente del Ministerio de Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública". Cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-06.

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Leadership

Secretaries-General	Ramón Lamoneda (1936–1944) Rodolfo Llopis (1944–1972) Felipe González (1974–1997) Joaquín Almunia (1997–2000) José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2000–2012) Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (2012–2014) Pedro Sánchez (2014–2016; 2017–present)
Deputy Secretaries-General	Alfonso Guerra (1979–1997) José Blanco López (2008–2012) Elena Valenciano (2012–2014) Adriana Lastra (2017–present)
Presidents	Pablo Iglesias (1879–1925) Julián Besteiro (1925–1931) Francisco Largo Caballero (1931–1935) Indalecio Prieto (1935–1948) Trifón Gómez (1948–1955) Pascual Tomás (1964–1967) Ramón Rubial (1967–1970; 1976–1999) Manuel Chaves (2000–2012) José Antonio Griñán (2012–2014) Micaela Navarro (2014–2016) Javier Fernández (2017) Cristina Narbona (2017–present)

Organization

Regional wings	Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Basque Country Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castilla–La Mancha Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencian Community
Affiliated organisations	Socialist Youth of Spain IDEAS Foundation for progress El Socialista Socialist Left
Former affiliated organisations	Catalan Federation of the PSOE Socialists of Catalonia People's Socialist Party Democratic Action Party Democratic Party of the New Left