Jesus V. Rodriguez

Biography: Jesús Evangelio Rodríguez is the General Director of Loteriás y Apuestas del Estado (ONLAE), Spain

Mr. Jesús Evangelio Rodríguez was born in 1947. His professional career has always been centered around the economic fields, the Treasury Department – including lotteries and the academic world. He graduated in Economics and Business Studies from the Alcalá de Henares University of Madrid and he is a certified academic professor. Through competitive examination, he joined the Civil Service Technical Bureau and the State Office of Finance and Tax Inspectors.
He has taught as Professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Madrid and the National University of Open Studies, where he held the position of Deputy Director of the Associated Center at the Fiscal Studies Institute. He has served as Counsel at the Treasury Department and as Cabinet Director of the Office of the State Secretary of Treasury.
He has a great deal of experience in the lottery world. Between 1985 and 1988, he was Manager of the Primitive Lottery Division of ONLAE (National Organization of State Lotteries and Wagering) and was instrumental in the implementation in Spain of the games of Lotería Primitiva and bonoloto. He later served as President Director General of the company STL (Sistemas Técnicos de Loterías del Estado.)
On June 7, 2004, by Royal Decree 1378, the Government of Spain placed its trust in him once again, and offered him the position of Director General of the public company Loterías y Apuestas del Estado (LAE.)