Raquel Tamarit i Iranzo (Sueca, 1978) is a Valencian politician, Minister of Education, Culture and Sport of the Generalitat Valenciana, replacing the resigned Vicent Marzà since May 2022.
[1] As a politician, Raquel Tamarit began her membership in the Valencian student union Bloc d'Estudiants Agermanats (BEA) and in 1997 joined the Unitat del Poble Valencià (València's Peoples Union), now part of the Més-Compromís coalition where she is nowadays affiliated.
In the 2019 local elections she repeated as head of the list and managed to be the most voted candidate, but a pact between the PSPV-PSOE, PP and Ciudadanos removed her from the mayoralty.
[2] It was then, in July 2019, when Councilor Vicent Marzà appointed her as Regional Secretary of Culture and Sports of the Valencian Government, and she left the local council.
In May 2022, she replaced Marzà as Minister of Education, Culture and Sports of the Generalitat Valenciana in the government headed by the Socialist Ximo Puig.