Teresa Ribera

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Teresa Ribera Rodríguez (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, while simultaneously holding the position of European Commissioner for Competitiveness. 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 for 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...

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