Raquel Sánchez Jiménez

{{short description|Spanish politician}}

{{family name hatnote|Sánchez|Jiménez|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Raquel Sánchez Jiménez

| honorific_prefix = The Most Excellent

| image = Raquel Sánchez 2021 (cropped).jpg

| office = Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda

| monarch = Felipe VI

| 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 = {{birth date and age|1975|11|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gavá, Barcelona, Spain

| profession =

| 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.{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=165|date=12 July 2021|language=es|title=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|url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2021/07/12/pdfs/BOE-A-2021-11534.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=82902}}

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."Inti Landauro and Susana Vera (25 March 2022), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/group-leading-spanish-truckers-strike-rejects-new-government-aid-package-2022-03-25/ Spanish truckers to continue strike after rejecting new government aid package] Reuters.

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