For the purposes of Law 3/2015 of 30 March, regulating the exercise of the high office of the General Government of the State, high positions are considered:
- Members of the Government and Secretaries of State.
- The Secretaries-General; the Deputy Secretaries-General; the Government Delegates in the Autonomous Communities, in Ceuta and Melilla; the Government Delegates in Public Law Entities; and the Heads of Permanent Diplomatic Mission, as well as the Heads of Permanent Representation to International Organisations.
- The Secretaries-General Technicians, Directors-General of the General Administration of the State and assimilated.
- The Presidents, the Vice-Presidents, the Directors-General, the Executive and Assimilated Directors, in entities of the State, Administrative, Foundational or Business public sector, linked or dependent on the General Administration of the State, having the status of Chief Officers and whose appointment is made by decision of the Council of Ministers or by its own Government bodies and, in any case, the Presidents and Directors of the Managing Heads of the Managing Heads of the Managing Heads of the Heads of the Heads of the Heads of the Heads of the Heads of the Heads of the Heads of the Heads of the Heads of the Heads of the Government.
- The President, the Vice-President and the other members of the Council of the National Commission on Markets and Competition, the President of the Transparency and Good Government Council, the President of the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility, the President, Vice-President and the Members of the Council of the National Securities Commission, the President of the General Counsel and the Council.
- Directors, Executive Directors, Secretaries-General or equivalent of regulatory and supervisory bodies.
- Holders of any other job in the state public sector, whatever its name, to be appointed by the Council of Ministers, with the exception of those who are considered to be Sub-Directors-General and assimilated.
Any person appointed by the Council of Ministers for the temporary exercise of any public function or representation shall not be considered to be a senior official and shall not be considered to be a senior official at that time.