Melilla awards the Head of the Consumer Affairs Office to Montilla Miralles

The Ministry of Presidency, Public Administration and Equality of the Autonomous City of Melilla has awarded the position of Head of the Consumer Affairs Unit to Nuria Irene Montilla Miralles, currently in active service. The decision is formalized through Order No. 4414, dated September 29, 2026, registered under number 2026004414 in the Official Book of Resolutions of the Ministry. The text is published in the Official Gazette of the Autonomous City of Melilla (BOME) number 6421, dated October 9, 2026, on pages 5006 and 5007, with the official reference BOME-A-2026-1121.

A merit-based competition closed after four months

The position had been announced by Order No. 2457, dated June 4, 2026, from the same Ministry, published in the Extraordinary BOME number 23, dated June 10, 2026, through a merit-based competition system. According to the now-published resolution, the processing provided for in the competition rules has been completed: the application submission period, the examination of the applications, and the assessment of the alleged merits according to the established scale, which proposed Nuria Irene Montilla Miralles as the most suitable candidate.

The characteristics of the position appear in the call for applications and in the Job Position List (RPT):

• Order number in the RPT: 416.
• One vacant position, titled Head of the Consumer Affairs Unit.
• Area: Ministry of Social Policies and Public Health.
• Group C1, assigned to civil servants (RJ F).
• Required training: High School Diploma or Technician / Higher Vocational Training (F.P. Grado Superior).
• Provision system: competition (C), with VPPT 170 and destination supplement 22.

Credit, auditing, and files

The Order details the financial coverage of the appointment. Sufficient credit exists in File No. 14559/2026, supported by credit retention RC number 12026000008401, dated February 23, 2026, corresponding to Health Civil Servants / Personnel. There is also the mandatory Internal Control Report (Auditing Function) No. 2026/5954, with a favorable opinion, issued on June 3, 2026, by the General Audit Office. The administrative file of the procedure is 33208/2026.

Assumption of office and administrative appeal

The second section of the Order establishes that the assumption of office must take place within three business days, or within one month if it involves reinstatement to active service. The count begins the day following the cessation from the previous position, which will take place upon the publication of the competition resolution in the Official Gazette of the Autonomous City.

Against the Order, which does not exhaust administrative remedies, an administrative appeal (recurso de alzada) may be filed within one month from the day following its notification or publication. It may be submitted to the Department itself or to the Most Excellent President of the Autonomous City, as the hierarchical superior, pursuant to Article 92.1 of the Regulations of the Government and Administration of the Autonomous City of Melilla (Extraordinary BOME number 2, of January 30, 2017) and Articles 121 et seq. of Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations. The maximum period for issuing and notifying a resolution is three months; if this period elapses without a response, the appeal may be understood as dismissed.

The resolution is signed in Melilla on September 30, 2026, by the Technical Secretary of Public Administration, Francisco José Rubio Soler.

The appointment reinforces the structure of the Department of Social Policies and Public Health in an area sensitive to the citizenry, such as the care and defense of consumers. The filling of the position through a merit-based competition further consolidates the application of the RPT criteria and public service regulations within the local administration of Melilla.

Source: Official Gazette of the Autonomous City of Melilla, number 6421, of October 9, 2026, section I, pp. 5006-5007 (official reference: BOME-A-2026-1121).