Five appointments to intermediate management posts at the Regional Directorate for Social Equipment and Conservation, four under commission of service and one by substitution.
Five division head posts at the Regional Directorate for Social Equipment and Conservation (DRESC), part of the Regional Secretariat for Equipment and Infrastructure (SREI), now have office holders, according to dispatches published in the Jornal Oficial on 30 September 2026. Four of the posts are filled under commission of service, for one year, and one under substitution. All appointments take effect on 23 September 2026.
The five posts were created by Despacho n.º 375/2026, of 21 September, published in JORAM, II Série, n.º 170, which redefined the flexible organisational structure of the DRESC. This reorganisation was approved following Portaria n.º 305/2026, of 10 July. The dispatches describe the first four posts as vacant and never previously filled. The Fluvial Hydraulics post had been vacant since 10 September 2026, when the commission of service of the former holder was not renewed.
The posts are intermediate management positions of the second degree, meaning intermediate-level leadership roles within the regional public administration hierarchy. Commission of service is a form of temporary appointment to the post, here set at one year. The appointments rest on Decreto Legislativo Regional n.º 5/2004/M, which adapts to the Autonomous Region of Madeira Lei n.º 2/2004, the law regulating the statute of senior public administration officials. Substitution, provided for in Article 5-B of the same decree, applies when the post is vacant. The dispatches are signed by regional secretary Pedro Alexandre Fagundes de Freitas Rodrigues. They also state that the expenditure is covered by the Secretariat's 2026 budget and that the appointments are not subject to prior review by the Regional Section of Madeira of the Court of Auditors.
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