Raquel Sánchez Jiménez Explained

Raquel Sánchez Jiménez
Honorific Prefix:The Most Excellent
Office:Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda
Primeminister:Pedro Sánchez
Termstart:12 July 2021
Termend:21 November 2023
Predecessor:José Luis Ábalos
Successor:Isabel Rodríguez García
Party:Socialists' Party of Catalonia
Birth Date:18 November 1975
Birth Place:Gavá, Barcelona, Spain
Office1:Member of the Congress of Deputies
Office2:Mayor of Gavà
Termstart1:17 August 2023
Termstart2:15 February 2014
Termend2:11 July 2021
Successor2:Gemma Badia
Predecessor2:Joaquim Balsera Garcia
Constituency1:Barcelona

Raquel Sánchez Jiménez (born 18 November 1975) is a Spanish lawyer and politician of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia who has been serving as Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda of the Government of Spain since July 2021, in the cabinet presided by Pedro Sánchez.[1]

Political career

Sánchez Jiménez previously served as mayor of Gavà since 2014.

In 2022, Sánchez Jiménez led negotiations with Spain’s transport associations that resulted in a 1 billion euro ($1.10 billion) support package aimed at defusing the walkout over fuel prices that has caused sporadic goods shortages. In response, Spanish truck drivers announced in March 2022 they would continue their strike "indefinitely."[2]

Notes and References

  1. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 165. 12 July 2021. es. Real Decreto 528/2021, de 10 de julio, por el que se nombra Ministra de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana a doña Raquel Sánchez Jiménez. 0212-033X. 82902.
  2. Inti Landauro and Susana Vera (25 March 2022), Spanish truckers to continue strike after rejecting new government aid package Reuters.