Granada, (EFE).- The Board of the Alhambra and the Generalife will appoint Rodrigo Ruiz-Jiménez as director this Thursday. A man from Granada with a long business experience, linked to cultural movements. And an expert in new technologies and with international experience.
As confirmed to EFE by sources close to the complex, the most visited in the country, Ruiz-Jiménez will be appointed this Thursday as the new director of the Alhambra. In the plenary session of the Board of Trustees chaired by the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports, Arturo Bernal.
Ruiz-Jiménez is chosen in a long process, while, according to the head of Culture, he will be an “applauded and recognized candidate.”
digitization challenges
This businessman will replace Rocío Díaz. She that she left the direction of the Nasrid monument last April to become a Minister of Development. With the departure of Marifrán Carazo, now mayoress of Granada.
According to the Ideal newspaper of Granada, Ruiz-Jiménez is chosen for the digitization challenges. And internationalization of the monument. And his appointment must be ratified by the Governing Council of the Junta.
Ruiz-Jiménez accumulates three decades of experience, is part of Granada Historical and Cultural and is vice president of Cionet, a community of technological leaders for Latin America.
For his part, the PSOE councilor in the Granada City Council Juanjo Ibáñez has used his Twitter profile to point out that, 105 days after the departure of Rocío Díaz, the Board has opted for a model that prioritizes “business over excellence”. . And he has considered that Granada loses autonomy against Seville. EFE