The next Council of Ministers will approve the replacement of Calviño’s Chief of Staff and Secretary General for Industry and SMEs
Terminations in two economic portfolios of the government on the eve of the end of the year. On the one hand at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, where Judith Arnal Martínez, chief of staff of portfolio holder Nadia Calviño, is stepping down. As it turned out, the resignation was made on the basis of a jointly agreed decision in view of a year 2023 full of events, such as the presidency of the European Union during the second semester, which will make the following year “particularly intense”. . .
The appointment of his replacement, which has not yet been announced, is expected to take place at the next cabinet meeting on December 27.
Arnal has been Nadia Calviño’s chief of staff since June 2021, when she was appointed to replace Carmen Balsa, who left the Ministry of Economy to head the commercial office in Milan.
The department that Calviño heads has had to deal with numerous departures in recent years. In addition to chiefs of staff, also secretaries of state, such as Ana de la Cueva or Roberto Sánchez, and communications directors.
The other resignation affects the Ministry of Industry headed by Reyes Maroto. In this way, the next Council of Ministers will approve the resignation of Raúl Blanco Díaz as Secretary General for Industry and SMEs, as he becomes the General Director of the School of Industrial Organization.
The new Secretary General for Industry and SMEs will be Francisco Blanco Ángel, who is currently Senator for the Principality of Asturias. His appointment will also take place at the last cabinet meeting of this year. This government meeting is expected to be of a markedly economic nature, as a new anti-crisis package is expected to be adopted.
Source: La Verdad
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