The Government will propose journalist Miguel Ángel Oliver as the new president of the EFE Agency to replace Gabriela Cañas, who has already been informed of her resignation, as Executive sources have confirmed to EFE.
Oliver (Madrid, 1963) was Secretary of State for Communication in the Government of Pedro Sánchez between 2018 and 2021.
With a degree in Journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid, Oliver has developed a large part of his professional career in the media of the Prisa group, especially in the SER network, where he began his professional career in 1983.
In the television field, in addition to various collaborations and being a member of the founding team of Localia TV, he joined the Cuatro TV team in 2007. Since then he was presenter and editor of ‘Noticias Cuatro Fin de Semana’, until at the end In July 2014, he made the jump to the evening news program ‘Noticias 20 Horas’, which he presented until June 5, 2018.
The announcement was made public through a message in which Cañas assured that it had been “a privilege to occupy that position.” “I am eternally grateful to whoever made it possible and with the wish that EFE continues to work just as well.” “It is a great company with enormous professionals,” he signed.
Gabriela Cañas (Cuenca, 1957) was proposed by the Government as president of the public agency in February 2020 after the dismissal of Fernando Garea.
In May of that same year she received the endorsement of the majority of the groups in Congress and thus became the first woman to hold the presidency of EFE.
