Third Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge

Teresa Ribera Rodríguez

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Born in Madrid in 1969.

Academic training

  • Bachelor's Degree in Law from Complutense University of Madrid (1992)
  • Diploma in Constitutional Law and Political Science from Centre for Constitutional Studies (1993)

Political and professional career

  • Third Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (July 2021-present)
  • Fourth Vice-President of the Government and Minister for Ecological Transition and demographic Challenge (January 2020-July 2021)
  • Minister for Ecological Transition (2018-2020)
  • MP for Madrid in Lower House of Parliament (2019-present)
  • Director of Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) (2014-2018)
  • Advisor on energy and climate programme at Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) in Paris (2013-2014)
  • State Secretary for Climate Change (2008-2011)
  • Director-General of Spanish Climate Change Office (2004-2008)
  • She held various position at the Ministries for Public Works, Transport and Environment (1996-2004)
  • Chair of the Advisory Board of the Momentum for Change initiative of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat
  • Member of the Global Advisory Council on Climate of the World Economic Forum and the Global Leadership Council of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
  • Associate Professor of Department of Public Law and Philosophy of Law of Autónoma University of Madrid

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