After two years and four months in various positions at the Ministry of Education and the SOIB (Balearic Islands Employment Service), Ismael Alonso is ending his tenure as a high-ranking government official and will return to the USO union, where he has been a member for decades. "I'll be returning to USO (the largest union in the subsidized private school sector), but as a rank-and-file member. The position of secretary of the USO Education Federation now belongs to Juan Carlos Lorenzo, not me," he explained in an interview with ARA Baleares. He explained that he has a permanent position at the CC La Milagrosa school and doesn't want to jeopardize the person who is replacing him. That's why he's returning to the union. "Many people have contacted me to thank me for my work at the Ministry of Education and to express their happiness at my return," he said. Alonso was the director of the SOIB until October 27th, a position he resigned from after just over three months. He had previously served as Director General of Teaching Staff and Subsidized Schools for the Regional Ministry of Education and as Director General of Educational Planning, Organization, and Infrastructure. He held all three of these positions in just two years and four months.