Sara Aagesen
Sara Aagesen | |
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| Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
| Assumed office 25 November 2024 Serving with María Jesús Montero and Yolanda Díaz | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Teresa Ribera |
| Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge | |
| Assumed office 25 November 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Teresa Ribera |
| Secretary of State for Energy | |
| In office 17 January 2020 – 25 November 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | José Domínguez Abascal |
| Succeeded by | Manuel García Hernández (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sara Aagesen Muñoz 1976 (age 48–49) Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Occupation | Chemical 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
[edit]Born in Madrid to a Spanish mother and a Danish father,[1] Sara Aagesen graduated as a chemical engineer at the Complutense University of Madrid, specializing in environment affairs.[2]
In 2002, Aagesen 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.[3] 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.[4] The following year, in 2019, Aagesen represented Spain at the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) held in Madrid.[5]
On 17 January 2020, she was appointed Secretary of State for Energy,[6] the second most important position in Ribera's department. From this position, Aagesen 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).[7][8][9]
In November 2024 Aagesen was announced to become the Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, replacing Teresa Ribera,[10] something already expected by the press and the energy sector who considered her the "natural candidate."[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ Rejón, Raúl; Vélez, Antonio M. (25 November 2024). "Sara Aagesen, ADN danés y solvencia técnica en la nueva vicepresidenta y ministra para la Transición Ecológica". ElDiario.es (in Spanish).
- ^ "Secretaria de Estado de Energía". Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "El Gobierno nombra a Sara Aagesen, experta en medio ambiente, nueva secretaria de Estado de Energía". Público. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Sara Aagesen, nueva secretaria de Estado de Energía". Cinco Días (in Spanish). 17 January 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Ribera nombra secretaria de Estado de Energía a Sara Aagesen, una de sus asesoras". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 17 January 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Real Decreto 98/2020, de 17 de enero, por el que se nombra Secretaria de Estado de Energía a doña Sara Aagesen Muñoz". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Sara Aagesen, secretaria de Estado de Energía: "Producir hidrógeno verde nos permitirá ahorrar agua"". El Mundo (in Spanish). 4 June 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Sara Aagesen sustituye a Ribera como vicepresidenta tercera y ministra para la Transición Ecológica". La Información (in European Spanish). 22 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Sara Aagesen, de asesora discreta a pilar para las políticas de energía y clima". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 22 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Aagesen sustituirá a Ribera como vicepresidenta tercera". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 22 November 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "La secretaria de Estado de Energía, Sara Aagesen, sustituirá a Ribera como ministra de Transición Ecológica". 20minutos (in Spanish). 22 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ Garat, Ketty (20 September 2024). "Sánchez prepara una «revolución» en el PSOE y pequeños «retoques» en el Gobierno". The Objective (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- 1976 births
- 21st-century Spanish politicians
- 21st-century Spanish women politicians
- Complutense University of Madrid alumni
- Government ministers of Spain
- Living people
- Women government ministers of Spain
- Spanish people of Danish descent
- Deputy prime ministers of Spain
- 21st-century Spanish engineers
- 20th-century Spanish engineers