Teresa Ribera
Teresa Ribera | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| First Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition of the European Commission | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2024 | |
| Commission | Von der Leyen II |
| Preceded by | Maroš Šefčovič |
| European Commissioner for Competitiveness | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2024 | |
| Commission | Von der Leyen II |
| Preceded by | Margrethe Vestager |
| Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
| In office 12 July 2021 – 25 November 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Yolanda Díaz |
| Succeeded by | Sara Aagesen |
| Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge of Spain | |
| In office 7 June 2018 – 25 November 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Isabel García Tejerina (environment) Álvaro Nadal (energy) |
| Succeeded by | Sara Aagesen |
| Fourth Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
| In office 13 January 2020 – 12 July 2021 Serving with Carmen Calvo, Nadia Calviño and Yolanda Díaz | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | María Jesús Montero |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 17 August 2023 – 1 December 2023 | |
| Succeeded by | Javier Rodríguez Palacios |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| In office 21 May 2019 – 21 February 2020 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| Secretary of State for Climate Change of Spain | |
| In office 22 April 2008 – 30 December 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Director of the Spanish Office of Climate Change | |
| In office 11 February 2005 – 22 April 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Teresa Ribera Rodríguez 19 May 1969 |
| Party | Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (2011–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (until 2011) |
| Spouse | Mariano Bacigalupo |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Occupation | Jurist • Lawyer • Professor • Politician |
Teresa Ribera Rodríguez (pronounced [teˈɾesa riˈβeɾa]; born 19 May 1969) is a Spanish jurist, civil servant, academic, and politician. Since 2024, she has served as the First Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for a Clean, Just, and Competitive Transition in the second von der Leyen Commission.
Ribera previously held the position of Minister for the Ecological Transition of Spain from 2018, following Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's rise to power after a successful no-confidence vote against Mariano Rajoy. In 2020, she was appointed Fourth Deputy Prime Minister, and in 2021, she was promoted to Third Deputy Prime Minister.
Earlier in her career, from 2005 to 2008, Ribera served as Director of the Spanish Office of Climate Change. From 2008 to 2011, she served as Secretary of State for Climate Change during the second administration of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Between 2014 and 2018, she was Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) in Paris.