Overview

• José Manuel Martínez Malia has formally left his position as Director General of Pesca, Acuicultura y Economía Azul, effective May 19, 2025, as published in the Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía (BOJA).
• The dismissal follows a March 2024 ruling by the Oficina Andaluza Antifraude (OAAF) that Martínez Malia violated Andalusian incompatibility laws by approving subsidies for companies in which he had been a partner.
• The OAAF determined there was no economic harm or improper fund allocation but classified the breach as serious, resulting in the publication of the resolution as the only sanction.
• The Junta de Andalucía maintains that Martínez Malia's departure, described as 'a petición propia' (at his own request), is unrelated to the incompatibility finding.
• No successor has been appointed to the role, leaving the position vacant as of the publication of the decree signed by President Juanma Moreno and Agriculture Minister Ramón Fernández-Pacheco.