Teresa Ribera

Teresa Ribera Rodríguez (pronounced [teˈɾesa riˈβeɾa]; born 19 May 1969) is a Spanish jurist, university professor, and politician who has served as the Minister for the Ecological Transition of Spain since 2018, after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez coming into power following the successful no-confidence motion against Mariano Rajoy. In 2020, she was appointed Fourth Deputy Prime Minister and in 2021 she was promoted to Third Deputy Prime Minister.

Teresa Ribera
Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
Assumed office
12 July 2021
Serving with Nadia Calviño and Yolanda Díaz
MonarchFelipe VI
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byYolanda Díaz
Minister for the Ecological Transition
and the Demographic Challenge
Assumed office
13 January 2020
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byHerself
Fourth Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
In office
13 January 2020  12 July 2021
MonarchFelipe VI
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMaría Jesús Montero
Minister for the Ecological Transition
In office
7 June 2018  13 January 2020
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byIsabel García Tejerina
Álvaro Nadal
Succeeded byHerself
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
17 August 2023  1 December 2023
ConstituencyMadrid
In office
21 May 2019  21 February 2020
ConstituencyMadrid
Personal details
Born
Teresa Ribera Rodríguez

(1969-05-19) May 19, 1969
Madrid, Francoist Spain
Political partySpanish Socialist Worker's Party
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
OccupationJurist, lawyer, and politician

Between 2008 and 2011 Ribera held the position of Secretary of State for Climate Change in the second administration of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Between 2014 and 2018, she was director of the Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations, based in Paris.

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