King’s ex-Secretary General is richest high office holder

Spain's wealthiest politician

MADRID – The Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE, the nation’s official bulletin) this week published the personal assets of 250 high office holders in Spain. This novelty is thanks to the Transparency Law approved by the Executive recently. The law obliges not only Ministers and Secretaries of State to declare their assets, and their debts, but all those holding high office in the Administración General del Estado (AGE) as well. These include directors and general secretaries of public entities, ambassadors and presidents of state institutions. The declarations must also include assets and rights arising from family inheritances.