The Provincial Council of Granada appoints Javier Durán Coca as an interim advisor

The president of the Provincial Council of Granada, Francisco Pedro Rodríguez Guerrero, has appointed Javier Durán Coca as temporary staff in the position of Level C Advisory, a political trust position assigned to the provincial management. The agreement, adopted by resolution on July 31, 2026, was published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Granada number 164, dated August 26, 2026, with official reference BOP-GRA-2026-164003.

The resolution, registered under number 4894 and processed under file 2026/PES_01/014330, emanates from the area of Transparency, Human Resources, and Digital Transformation of the Council. The appointment takes effect from July 30, 2026, one day prior to the signing of the document.

Legal framework of the appointment

The appointment is based on the regulations governing temporary staff of local entities. The resolution expressly invokes Article 104 of Law 7/1985, of April 2, Regulating the Bases of Local Regime, as well as Article 12 of Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015, of October 30, which approves the Revised Text of the Law of the Basic Statute of the Public Employee.

The president acts in exercise of the powers recognized by Article 34 of the aforementioned Law 7/1985. As a precedent, the resolution recalls that the Plenary of the Council was constituted on July 13, 2023, and that, by agreement of the same body on July 21, 2023, the number, characteristics, and remuneration of the institution’s temporary staff were established.

Position and appointee data

The new advisor is assigned to a trust position with a specific technical identification within the Council’s list of job positions:

• Position: Level C Advisory.
• Position code: 2772.
• Slot code: 92624.
• Appointee: Javier Durán Coca, with D.N.I. ***2685.
• Effective date of appointment: July 30, 2026.

Temporary staff are characterized by being appointed and dismissed freely, and their performance is linked to political trust in the management of the provincial institution.

Publication and appeals

The resolution expressly orders its publication in the Official Gazette of the Province of Granada, thus fulfilling the publicity requirement for administrative acts. Against the agreement, which concludes the administrative route, interested parties may alternatively file:

• Optional appeal for reversal (recurso de reposición) before the same body that issued the resolution, within one month from the day following notification, pursuant to articles 123 and 124 of Law 39/2015, of October 1.
• Contentious-administrative appeal before the Court of First Instance, Contentious-Administrative Area of Granada, within two months, in accordance with article 46 of Law 29/1998, of July 13, of the Contentious-Administrative Jurisdiction.

Relevance of the news

The appointment of special personnel (personal eventual) in the Provincial Council of Granada reflects the configuration of the trust-based teams that accompany the presidency in provincial management. These types of positions, subject to free appointment and dismissal, are key to the development of the policies and priorities of the institution’s government, and their publication in the official bulletin guarantees transparency and public knowledge of the personnel decisions adopted by the provincial governing body.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Granada, no. 164, Wednesday, August 26, 2026, Local Administration section – Provincial Councils, page 8 (official reference: BOP-GRA-2026-164003).