María Jesús Montero

María Jesús Montero
Official portrait, 2023
First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
Assumed office
29 December 2023
Serving with Yolanda Díaz and Sara Aagesen
MonarchFelipe VI
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byNadia Calviño
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
7 June 2018
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byCristóbal Montoro
Carolina Darias (Territorial Policy and Civil Service)
Succeeded byJosé Luis Escrivá (Digital Transformation and Civil Service)
Fourth Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
In office
21 November 2023  29 December 2023
MonarchFelipe VI
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byTeresa Ribera (2021)
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Deputy Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Assumed office
23 July 2022
Secretary-GeneralPedro Sánchez
Preceded byAdriana Lastra
Spokesperson of the Government
In office
13 January 2020  12 July 2021
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byIsabel Celaá
Succeeded byIsabel Rodríguez García
Regional Minister of Finance and Public Administrations of Andalusia
In office
10 September 2013  6 June 2018
PresidentSusana Díaz
Preceded byCarmen Martinez Aguayo
Succeeded byAntonio Ramírez de Arellano López (Economy, Finance and Public Administrations)
Regional Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Andalusia
In office
7 May 2012  10 September 2013
PresidentJosé Antonio Griñán
Preceded byHerself (Health and Consumer Affairs)
Micaela Navarro (Equality and Social Welfare)
Succeeded byMaría José Sánchez Rubio (Health and Social Policies)
Regional Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs of Andalusia
In office
25 April 2004  7 May 2012
PresidentManuel Chaves (2004–2009)
José Antonio Griñán (2009–2012)
Preceded byFrancisco Vallejo Serrano
Succeeded byHerself (Health and Social Welfare)
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Assumed office
3 December 2019
ConstituencySeville
In office
21 May 2019  24 September 2019
Member of the Parliament of Andalusia
In office
9 September 2013  6 June 2018
ConstituencySeville
In office
3 April 2008  18 April 2012
ConstituencySeville
Personal details
Born (1966-02-04) 4 February 1966
Seville, Spain
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party
SpouseRafael Ibáñez Reche
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Seville
EADA Business School
OccupationPhysician, hospital administrator and politician

María Jesús Montero Cuadrado (pronounced [maɾja xeˈsus monˈteɾo]; born 4 February 1966) is a Spanish hospital administrator and politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who has been serving as Minister of Finance under Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez since 2018. In December 2023, she was promoted to First Deputy Prime Minister.