Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Emergencies
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The Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Emergencies (DGPCE) is a component of the Spanish Department of the Interior responsible for promoting, planning and coordinating the various actors involved in the field of civil defence, both national and international.
Dirección General de Protección Civil y Emergencias | |
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Formed | May 4, 1960; 64 years ago (1960-05-04) |
Preceding agency |
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Type | Directorate-General |
Jurisdiction | Government of Spain |
Headquarters | 5 Quintiliano Street Madrid |
Annual budget | € 16.8 million, 2023[1] |
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Parent department | Undersecretariat of the Interior |
Website | www.proteccioncivil.es |
Civil defence currently finds its legal basis, within the Spanish Constitution, in the obligation of public authorities to guarantee the right to life and physical integrity, as the first and most important of all fundamental rights (article 15), in the principles of national unity and territorial solidarity (article 2), and in the essential requirements of efficiency and administrative coordination (article 103). By Law, in accordance with article 30.4 of the Constitution, citizens may be imposed duties to deal with cases of serious risk.
The directorate-general is integrated in the Undersecretariat of the Ministry of the Interior and it is structured through three sub-directorates. It is headed by a Director-General appointed by the Monarch at the request of the Minister for Home Affairs. Since December 2023, the director-general is Virginia Barcones Sanz.[2]