María Inmaculada Sanz Otero (born 18 June 1977) 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.

Biography

Born in

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, 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. In 2008, Sanz became Esperanza Aguirre's cabinet chief in the

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. She was elected to the Assembly of Madrid in the

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, as 54th on a PP list that elected 72 members. She resigned a month later to take office as the Government of the Community of Madrid's director general of relations with the Assembly. Sanz was fifth on the PP list for the

2015 Madrid City Council election The 2015 Madrid City Council election, also the 2015 Madrid municipal election, was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 10th City Council of Madrid, City Council of the Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Madrid. All 57 seats in the City ...

, 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. She then became the council's spokesperson. In the 2023 Madrid City Council election, Sanz was second on the PP list behind Almeida, and was named his deputy mayor when the PP retained power, after again leading his campaign. On 7 April 2024, she took over as acting mayor for Almeida's 15-day

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. She was the third woman to be mayor of the capital of Spain, and the third person to hold the office temporarily.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanz, Inma 1977 births Living people People from Zamora, Spain Politicians from Castile and León Autonomous University of Madrid alumni People's Party (Spain) politicians Members of the 9th Assembly of Madrid Madrid city councillors (2015–2019) Madrid city councillors (2019–2023) First deputy mayors of Madrid Mayors of Madrid Women mayors of places in Spain