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Spanish politician In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aagesen and the second or maternal family name is Muñoz.
Sara Aagesen
Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 November 2024Serving with María Jesús Montero and Yolanda Díaz
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byTeresa Ribera
Minister for the Ecological Transition
and the Demographic Challenge
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 November 2024
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byTeresa Ribera
Secretary of State for Energy
In office
17 January 2020 – 25 November 2024
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byJosé Domínguez Abascal
Succeeded byManuel García Hernández (acting)
Personal details
BornSara Aagesen Muñoz
1976 (age 47–48)
Madrid, Spain
Political partyIndependent
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
OccupationChemical engineer

Sara Aagesen Muñoz (born in 1976) is a Spanish chemical engineer serving as Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Ecological Transition of Spain since 25 November 2024. She previously served as Secretary of State for Energy from 17 January 2020.

Life

Sara Aagesen graduated as a chemical engineer at the Complutense University of Madrid, specializing in environment affairs.

In 2002, she joined the newly created Spanish Office for Climate Change (OECC), within the Ministry of Environment, where she focused her activity on climate action and the energy transition. Likewise, since that year she served as a negotiator for the Spanish delegation in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and is part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

In June 2018, she was appointed Special Advisor to the Cabinet of the Minister of Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, where she directed, coordinated and defined the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan 2021-2030 and the Long-Term Decarbonization Strategy 2050. The following year, in 2019, she represented Spain at the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) held in Madrid.

On 17 January 2020, she was appointed Secretary of State for Energy, the second most important position in Ribera's department. From this position, she continued with energy transition policies, she managed energy policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, contributed to the approval of the "Iberian energy exception" and prepared the update of the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (2023-2030).

In November 2024 she was announced to become the Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, replacing Teresa Ribera, something already expected by the press and the energy sector who considered her the "natural candidate."

References

  1. "Secretaria de Estado de Energía". Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (in Spanish). Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  2. "El Gobierno nombra a Sara Aagesen, experta en medio ambiente, nueva secretaria de Estado de Energía". www.publico.es. 2020-01-17. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  3. "Sara Aagesen, nueva secretaria de Estado de Energía". Cinco Días (in Spanish). January 17, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  4. "Ribera nombra secretaria de Estado de Energía a Sara Aagesen, una de sus asesoras". Diario ABC (in Spanish). January 17, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  5. "Real Decreto 98/2020, de 17 de enero, por el que se nombra Secretaria de Estado de Energía a doña Sara Aagesen Muñoz". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  6. "Sara Aagesen, secretaria de Estado de Energía: "Producir hidrógeno verde nos permitirá ahorrar agua"". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). June 4, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  7. "Sara Aagesen sustituye a Ribera como vicepresidenta tercera y ministra para la Transición Ecológica". La Información (in European Spanish). 2024-11-22. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  8. "Sara Aagesen, de asesora discreta a pilar para las políticas de energía y clima". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2024-11-22. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  9. "Aagesen sustituirá a Ribera como vicepresidenta tercera". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2024-11-22. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  10. 20minutos (2024-11-22). "La secretaria de Estado de Energía, Sara Aagesen, sustituirá a Ribera como ministra de Transición Ecológica". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. Garat, Ketty (2024-09-20). "Sánchez prepara una «revolución» en el PSOE y pequeños «retoques» en el Gobierno". THE OBJECTIVE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-23.
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