Graduated in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid, in 1985 he entered the Higher Body of Civil State Administrators by competitive examination.

During his administrative career, he held the post of Deputy Director General of Organisation and Human Resources Policy in the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs (1988-1992).

[2] After the People's Party's electoral victory in 1996, the Council of Ministers appointed him Director General of the Civil Service in the Ministry of Public Administration, then headed by Mariano Rajoy.

[3] On 23 December 2011 the Council of Ministers appointed him Secretary of State for Planning and Infrastructure of the Ministry of Public Works,[4] at the proposal of its head, Ana Pastor Julián.

[7] On 19 July 2016, he took over the ordinary business of the Ministry of Public Works, whose incumbent until now, Ana Pastor Julián, ceased to hold office after his election as president of the Congress of Deputies.