Elena Rodríguez Navarro, nueva secretaria general de Inclusión

The Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz, has proposed the appointment of Elena Rodríguez Navarro as new General Secretary of Inclusion after being an inclusion policy advisor for the last four years, first in the General Secretariat of Inclusion and, later, in the Cabinet of the Minister.

Elena Rodríguez sustituye a la secretaria general saliente, Mónica Martínez Bravo, que ha sido nombrada consellera de Derechos Sociales e Inclusión, del Govern del president Salvador Illa.

Minister Saiz will propose the appointment at the next Council of Ministers, to be held on August 27.

Solid training and extensive experience in social policies

The new Secretary General of Inclusion is a sociologist, of training, has dedicated her professional trajectory to the promotion of social policies, from the public and private spheres. She was an advisor in the Presidency of the Government during the VIII and X legislature, where she worked in the cabinet direction and the department of institutional affairs, as responsible for strategic communication and advice in public policies of social welfare and equality.

She has also been the director of the Third Sector Platform, an organization that brings together more than 28,000 social action entities working to promote the rights of people, especially those who are in a situation of vulnerability.

The proximity and knowledge to the Third Sector have been fundamental to know objectively the social reality and situations of poverty and exclusion experienced in our country. This is an essential area to implement a policy such as Minimum Vital Income and the development of inclusion policies linked to the provision.

Elena Rodríguez is a sociologist at the Complutense University of Madrid and has had research experiences, applied to the social sciences, in international universities, such as Stanford University or the Institute of Education of the University of London.