Elma Saiz
Honorific prefixThe Most Excellent
OfficeMinister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration
MonarchFelipe VI
Prime ministerPedro Sánchez
Term start21 November 2023
PredecessorJosé Luis Escrivá
Office 1Regional Minister of Economy and Finance of Navarre
Term start 17 August 2019
Term end 12 May 2023
President 1María Chivite
Predecessor 1Mikel Aranburu
Successor 1José Luis Arasti
Office 2Delegate of the Government in Navarre
Term start 230 April 2008
Term end 29 January 2012
Predecessor 2Vicente Ripa
Successor 2Carmen Alba
Office 3Member of the Pamplona City Council
Term start 317 June 2023
Term end 320 November 2023
Birth nameElma Saiz Delgado
Birth date2 December 1975 (age 50)
Birth placePamplona, Spain
PartySpanish Socialist Workers' Party (2004–present)
Other partySocialist Party of Navarre (2004–present)
Alma materUniversity of Navarra
OccupationPolitician and lawyer

Elma Saiz Delgado (ˈelma ˈsajθ; born 2 December 1975) is a Spanish politician who is serving as minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration since 2023.[1] Before her incumbency, she was Regional Minister of Economy and Finance of Navarre between 2019 and 2023,[2] and a member of the Pamplona City Council.

Saiz was born in Pamplona, Spain, in 1975. She is graduated in Law from the University of Navarra and has a Master's degree in Tax Consulting from the same university.[3]

On 20 November 2024 it was announced that she intended to grant work permits to 300,000 undocumented migrants a year in a 3 year scheme to boost the nation's labour force by 900,000.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Elma Saiz Delgado" (in Spanish). www.lamoncloa.gob.es. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  2. ^ "Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 26/2019, de 6 de agosto, por el que se nombra Consejera del Gobierno de Navarra a doña Elma Saiz Delgado" (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial de Navarra. ' (153): 9853. 7 August 2019. ISSN 1130-5894
  3. ^ Digital, Confidencial (2023-11-22). "¿Quién es Elma Saiz? la nueva ministra de Seguridad Social" (in Spanish). Confidencial Digital. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  4. ^ "Spain to legalise about 300,000 undocumented migrants a year". Yahoo News. 2024-11-20. Retrieved 2024-11-20.