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General Secretariat For Scientific Policy Coordination
The General Secretariat for Research (, SGI) is a component of the Spain, Spanish Ministry of Science (Spain), Department of Science and Innovation responsible for promoting the Spanish scientific research, as well as coordinating the different organizations and administrations that are part of it. The general secretariat's budget for 2019 was Euro, €2.697 billion. The general secretariat is headed by a Secretary-General, an undersecretary-rank official appointed by the Monarchy of Spain, Monarch with the advice of the Science Minister. The Secretary-General chairs the Spanish Polar Committee and is assisted by a Technical Cabinet, a director-general and a deputy director-general. The general secretariat supervises several scientific agencies owned by the central government. The current Secretary-General is Rafael Rodrigo Montero, an Astrophysics, astrophysicist who served as President of the Spanish National Research Council, CSIC from 2008 to 2012. History The origins of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
