María Inmaculada Sanz Otero (born 18 June 1977)[1] is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. She briefly served in the Assembly of Madrid in 2011. First elected to the City Council of Madrid in 2015, she became deputy mayor in 2019 and acting mayor of Madrid in April 2024.
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Biography
editBorn in Zamora, Castile and León, Sanz graduated in business management and administration form the Autonomous University of Madrid. She joined the New Generations of the People's Party (NNGG) in 1995.[1]
In 2008, Sanz became Esperanza Aguirre's cabinet chief in the People's Party of the Community of Madrid.[1] She was elected to the Assembly of Madrid in the 2011 elections, as 54th on a PP list that elected 72 members.[2] She resigned a month later to take office as the Government of the Community of Madrid's director general of relations with the Assembly.[3]
Sanz was fifth on the PP list for the 2015 Madrid City Council election, and was elected. In 2019, she ran the PP campaign and was third on the list as José Luis Martínez-Almeida of her party became mayor.[4] She then became the council's spokesperson.[5]
In the 2023 Madrid City Council election, Sanz was second on the PP list behind Almeida,[6] and was named his deputy mayor when the PP retained power, after again leading his campaign.[7] On 7 April 2024, she took over as acting mayor for Almeida's 15-day honeymoon.[8] She was the third woman to be mayor of the capital of Spain, and the third person to hold the office temporarily.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c Rico, Jesús (22 April 2024). "Inmaculada Sanz, la portavoz en la que se esconde Almeida" [Inmaculada Sanz, the spokeswoman who Almeida hid behind] (in Spanish). El Plural. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Lista de diputados electos de la Asamblea de Madrid 2011-2015" [List of deputies elected to the Assembly of Madrid 2011-2015] (in Spanish). Madridiario. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Cinco diputados del PP toman posesión de sus escaños en la Asamblea de Madrid" [Five PP deputies take possession of their seats in the Assembly of Madrid] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Platón, N. (17 January 2019). "Inma Sanz, jefa de campaña de Martínez-Almeida" [Inma Sanz, Martínez-Almeida's campaign leader]. La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Los científicos cuestionan los datos que usa el nuevo Ayuntamiento de Madrid contra Madrid Central: "La calidad del aire ha mejorado"" [Scientists question the data that the new Madrid City Council is using against Madrid Central: "The air quality has improved"] (in Spanish). LaSexta. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Guisasola, Carlos (15 April 2023). "Almeida anuncia que Inma Sanz será la número dos de su lista y la "futura vicealcaldesa"" [Almeida announces that Inma Sanz will be number two on his list and the "future deputy mayor"]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "La zamorana Inma Sanz será vicealcaldesa de Madrid" [Zamora-born Inma Sanz will be the deputy mayor of Madrid]. La Opinión de Zamora (in Spanish). 1 June 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Skirej, Aida (7 April 2024). "Inma Sanz asume la Alcaldía en funciones de Madrid durante la luna de miel de Almeida" [Inma Sanz assumes office as Acting Mayor of Madrid during Almeida's honeymoon]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Guisasola, Carlos (9 April 2024). "Inmaculada Sanz, la tercera alcaldesa de la historia de Madrid, estrena sus superpoderes: podría hasta despedir a concejales" [Inmaculada Sanz, third female mayor in the history of Madrid, debuts her superpowers: she could even dismiss councillors]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2024.