Lahiguera appoints Miguel Rafael Barral Pérez as Municipal Architect

The Lahiguera City Council (Jaén) has announced the appointment of Miguel Rafael Barral Pérez as an interim civil servant in the category of Municipal Architect, a key technical position for the urban management of the municipality. The decision was adopted by Mayoral Resolution no. 2026-0701, dated August 4, 2026, and the appointee took office on August 17, 2026.

The announcement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Jaén, number 170, dated September 2, 2026, page 13224, under reference 2026/3967, within the Local Administration section.

A technical position for urban management

The Municipal Architect is an essential figure in local administration, as they assume reporting and control functions regarding urban planning, building permits, urban discipline, and land-use planning. Their incorporation allows the Lahiguera Council to provide itself with its own technician to process municipal files with guarantees.

The appointment is formalized under the interim civil servant regime, a modality provided for in public service regulations to temporarily fill positions that require specific qualifications. In this case, the position requires the status of an architect, a qualification that the municipality lacked on a permanent basis.

Appointment details

The essential details of the procedure are as follows:

• Appointed person: Miguel Rafael Barral Pérez, with DNI no. *2262.
• Category: Municipal Architect, as an interim civil servant.
• Resolution: Mayoral no. 2026-0701, dated August 4, 2026.
• Date of taking office: August 17, 2026.
• Announcing body: Lahiguera City Council (Jaén).

Signature and publication

The announcement is signed by the Mayor-President of the municipality, Inmaculada Morales Barragán, dated August 18, 2026, in Lahiguera. Its publication in the provincial gazette fulfills the publicity and notification requirements demanded by local government regulations.

The incorporation of a municipal architect strengthens the City Council’s technical capacity to handle the demand for licenses and the control of urban activity, a determining factor for the orderly development of the municipality and for the legal certainty of the residents and developers operating in Lahiguera.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Jaén, no. 170, dated September 2, 2026, Local Administration, p. 13224 (official reference: 2026/3967).