Overview

• José María Ángel stepped down as Government Commissioner for DANA reconstruction on August 1 after the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency concluded he may have used an allegedly forged archivistics diploma to secure his civil service position.
• Ignacio Higuero resigned the same day as Extremadura’s Counselor of Forest Management and Rural Affairs following media investigations showing his claimed 1993 CEU San Pablo marketing degree could not have existed then.
• President María Guardiola accepted Higuero’s resignation and will ratify his removal while formalizing Francisco José Ramírez’s appointment at an extraordinary Council of Government session today.
• The central government activated replacement procedures for Ángel’s role by naming Zulima Pérez Seguí as interim DANA reconstruction commissioner pending formal ratification.
• These twin departures underscore an expanding anti-fraud drive and media scrutiny exposing inflated or falsified academic credentials among senior public officials.