Rodrigo will chair the Canal de Isabel II by agreement of the Governing Council

The Governing Council of the Community of Madrid has appointed Jorge Rodrigo Domínguez as president of the Public Entity Canal de Isabel II, who also holds the position of Minister of Environment, Agriculture, and Interior. The agreement was adopted at the Governing Council meeting on November 11, 2026, and is published in the OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE COMMUNITY OF MADRID no. 272, of November 12, 2026, in section I.B) Authorities and Personnel, with the reference BOCM-20261112-9.

The appointment is formalized by the agreement of November 11, 2026, signed by the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and countersigned by Jorge Rodrigo Domínguez himself as the minister of the department. The applicable regulation is Law 17/1984, of December 20, Regulating Water Supply and Sanitation in the Community of Madrid, whose article 8.2 attributes to the Governing Council the determination of the composition of the board of directors and the governing bodies of the Canal, as well as the appointment of its president.

A position that also presides over the board of directors

Article 2.1.a) of Decree 68/2012, of July 12, which regulates the organic structure of Canal de Isabel II, establishes that the president of the Canal shall also be the president of its board of directors. In this way, the appointment published this Thursday concentrates in the same person the presidency of the public entity and that of the collegiate body that governs its administration.

The proposal corresponds to the Minister of Environment, Agriculture, and Interior, by virtue of article 31.c) of Law 1/1983, of December 13, on the Government and Administration of the Community of Madrid, which grants ministers the initiative before the Governing Council for the appointments and dismissals that it must approve. The agreement expressly indicates that it is adopted “at the proposal of the Minister of Environment, Agriculture, and Interior” and “after deliberation” at the meeting on November 11.

A new member representing the Community of Madrid

The same Governing Council approved, in the same session, the dismissal and appointment of a member of the board of directors of the public entity, published in the same issue of the gazette with the reference BOCM-20261112-10 (p. 65). The agreement is based on article 2.1.b) of Decree 68/2012, which reserves three memberships for the representation of the Community of Madrid, designated by the Governing Council at the proposal of the head of the assigned ministry.

The changes are as follows:

• Cessation of José Antonio Sánchez Serrano as a member of the board of directors of Canal de Isabel II representing the Community of Madrid, «with gratitude for the services rendered».
• Appointment of Ángel San Gregorio Marinas as a member of the same board of directors, also representing the Community of Madrid.

Both decisions, like that of the presidential appointment, are dated November 11, 2026, and are signed by the regional president and the counselor for Environment, Agriculture, and Interior.

Simultaneous handover at the Transport Consortium

The bulletin of November 12 records another movement affecting the new president of the Canal: the agreement of the Governing Council that removes Jorge Rodrigo Domínguez and José Antonio Sánchez Serrano as members of the Board of Directors of the Regional Consortium of Regular Public Transport of Madrid representing the Community of Madrid, with gratitude for the services rendered, and appoints Javier Carazo Gil and Natalia Quintana Serrano in their place (reference BOCM-20261112-2).

The coincidence of names in both agreements outlines a readjustment of the regional representation in two heavyweight entities: the body that manages public transport in the region and the entity that governs the integral water cycle.

Impact for readers

Canal de Isabel II is the public entity to which Law 17/1984 entrusts the water supply and sanitation in the Community of Madrid, so its presidency determines the governance of the main regional water supplier and the body that sets its agreements and delegable powers. With this agreement, that presidency falls to the same counselor who proposes the appointments of the sector, which strengthens the link between the Department of Environment, Agriculture, and Interior and the leadership of the entity, and configures the board of directors with the arrival of Ángel San Gregorio Marinas replacing José Antonio Sánchez Serrano.

Source: OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE COMMUNITY OF MADRID, no. 272, of November 12, 2026, section I.B) Authorities and Personnel, pages 64-65 (official reference: BOCM-20261112-9 and BOCM-20261112-10).