Héctor Gómez (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1978), the new Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, replacing Reyes Maroto, faces the last stage of the legislature with a demanding and complex task ahead. European funds, the reconversion towards sustainability of important sectors, starting with the automobile, and the battle against the thorniest derivatives of the war in Ukraine, mainly for trade, will be his most important tasks.
His industriousness and his temperament and dialogue will help him in his endeavor. Two characteristics that accompanied him during his performance as socialist spokesperson in the Congress of Deputies, a position in which he replaced Adriana Lastra until he was removed to make way for Patxi López at a time when the President of the Government wanted to undertake a stage more aggressive in the face of the opposition.
As the first voice of the socialist group in the Lower House, Gómez distinguished himself by analyzing the issues in depth, avoiding vociferous arguments and maintaining good relations with the spokesmen of the other parliamentary groups and with the press.
He has a diploma in Tourism from the University School of Tourism, a degree in Labor Sciences and a degree in Law. On this occasion, the President of the Government has chosen a profile familiar with one of the three key tasks of the Department that he is going to direct and that has a fundamental weight in the national GDP. Gómez has been the general manager of Turespaña and to this he adds extensive knowledge of Spanish foreign relations.
He has been a member of the PSOE since 2003 and his political trajectory has been upwards: from tenure as Mayor in the Guía de Isora City Council, to deputy of the Parliament of the Canary Islands, deputy in Congress, spokesman for the socialist parliamentary group and, to date, president of the Constitutional Commission in Congress. From now until next December, except for an unforeseen advancement of the elections, he will be a government minister.
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