Aragon Health appoints María Pilar Ibáñez as Senior Official Secretary

The Department of Finance, Interior and Public Administration of the Government of Aragon has resolved the appointment of María Pilar Ibáñez Figueroba as Senior Official Secretary in the Technical General Secretariat of the Department of Health. The designation is made through the system of free appointment and is published in the Official Gazette of Aragon number 196, dated October 8, 2026, in section II on Authorities and Personnel. The resolution was signed on September 28, 2026, by the Director General of the Civil Service, Antonio Villacampa Duque.

A position filled by free appointment

The resolution concludes the process opened by the call for the provision, via free appointment, of a vacant Senior Official Secretary position in the Technical General Secretariat of the Department of Health. That call was published by Resolution of July 28, 2026, of the Director General of the Civil Service, in the Official Gazette of Aragon number 152, dated August 7, 2026.

The appointment is adopted upon the proposal of the Technical General Secretary of the Department of Health and by virtue of the competence attributed to the Director General of the Civil Service by article 6.3.w) of Decree 208/1999, of November 17, of the Government of Aragon. It is, therefore, a position of trust attached to the management structure of the health department, filled without an open merit-based competition.

Profile of the appointed person

The designated person is a career civil servant and meets the following data collected in the resolution:

• Name: Ms. María Pilar Ibáñez Figueroba.
• Affiliation: career civil servant of the Executive Corps, General Administrative Scale, Administrators.
• Personal Registration Number: 3397 A202111.
• Assigned Position: Senior Official Secretary, with number RPT 19811.
• Destination: Technical General Secretariat of the Department of Health.

The position is identified in the list of job positions with the code RPT 19811, allowing its exact location within the organic structure of the department. The resolution does not detail remuneration or specific supplements associated with the position.

Deadlines and means of appeal

The resolution does not exhaust the administrative route, therefore an administrative appeal (recurso de alzada) may be filed against it before the Minister of Finance, Interior and Public Administration. The deadline to file it is one month, computed from the day following its publication in the gazette.

The appeal process is based on Articles 121 and 122 of Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations, and on Articles 60 and 64 of Law 5/2021, of June 29, on the Organization and Legal Regime of the Autonomous Public Sector of Aragon, without prejudice to any other legal remedy that may apply.

The appointment strengthens the administrative leadership of the Department of Health in a position of direct support to the Technical General Secretariat, the body responsible for regulatory coordination and personnel management of the department. For public employees and interested candidates, the publication establishes the starting point of the challenge calendar and confirms the closure of a free appointment process that was resolved in barely two months from its announcement.

Source: Official Gazette of Aragon, number 196, of October 8, 2026, section II (Authorities and Personnel), page 1 (official reference: BOA20261008005).