Overview
- Eleven consellers were sworn in and held their first meeting, approving initial dismissals that include Mazón’s chief of staff José Manuel Cuenca and senior official Santiago Lumbreras, with a second round of appointments due after plans for 27 secretaries were announced by new spokesman Miguel Barrachina.
- First vice president Susana Camarero keeps Housing, Youth and Equality and adds Employment, but loses the Consell secretariat, Social Services and the government spokesperson role after a year handling the most contentious fronts tied to the dana.
- José Antonio Rovira shifts from Education to lead Finance, Economy and Public Administration, charged with executing Llorca’s promised tax cuts and representing the region in the Council of Fiscal and Financial Policy.
- Llorca has phoned associations representing victims of the 29‑O dana as part of early outreach, while public messaging has de‑emphasized Vox’s agenda and floated cross‑party negotiation on institutional bodies such as À Punt.
- New second‑tier appointments point to bridges with PP figures close to María José Catalá and Francisco Camps, as national parties frame the 21 December Extremadura election as a barometer and the PSOE faces internal pressure over its handling of harassment allegations against Francisco Salazar.