The Governing Council appointed Occtavio Caraballo from Lanzarote as Deputy Minister of the Cabinet of the Presidency of the Government this past Thursday.
Since the beginning of this term in July 2023, he has served as General Director of Organic Coordination and Strategic Projects of the Presidency of the Government.
Biographical Sketch
Born in Arrecife de Lanzarote, he studied Journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid and the Open University of Catalonia. He has worked in media outlets such as La Provincia, La Voz de Lanzarote, Marca, Ideapress and El Correo de Fuerteventura, among other newspapers.
He has been press officer of Coalición Canaria, as well as head of communication and parliamentary advisor in the Senate between 2000 and 2007 and between 2019 and 2023. He was director of communication in the City Councils of Arrecife (Lanzarote) and La Oliva (Fuerteventura). Between 2007 and 2009 he was press officer of the President of the Government of the Canary Islands.
He has been a parliamentary advisor in the Congress of Deputies between 2012 and 2015, chief of staff and director of the Cabinet of the President of the Canary Islands between 2015 and 2019. Since the beginning of this term in July 2023, he has served as General Director of Organic Coordination and Strategic Projects of the Presidency of the Government.
