Raquel Sánchez Jiménez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Jiménez.

The Most Excellent Raquel Sánchez Jiménez
Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda
In office 12 July 2021 – 21 November 2023
Monarch	Felipe VI
Prime Minister	Pedro Sánchez
Preceded by	José Luis Ábalos
Succeeded by	Isabel Rodríguez García
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 August 2023
Constituency	Barcelona
Mayor of Gavà
In office 15 February 2014 – 11 July 2021
Preceded by	Joaquim Balsera Garcia
Succeeded by	Gemma Badia
Personal details
Born	(1975-11-18) 18 November 1975 (age 49) Gavá, Barcelona, Spain
Political party	Socialists' Party of Catalonia

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]

References

1. "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" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (165). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 82902. 12 July 2021. ISSN 0212-033X.
2. Inti Landauro and Susana Vera (25 March 2022), Spanish truckers to continue strike after rejecting new government aid package Reuters.