Sara Hernández
General Secretary and PSOE candidate for mayor of Getafe in the municipal elections of 2015
Sara Hernández Barroso (born 13 November 1976) is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). She has been a city councillor in Getafe in the Community of Madrid since 2003 and the mayor since 2015. She was secretary-general of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of the Community of Madrid from 2015 to 2017.
Early life and career
Hernández was born in Madrid to parents who emigrated from Castile and León, and she was raised in the suburban town of Getafe from the age of eight. She graduated with a law degree and a master's degree in institutional and political communications from the Charles III University of Madrid.
Hernández joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 2002. In the 2003 Spanish local elections, she was elected to the city council as number two on the party's list. Re-elected in 2007, she became first deputy mayor to Pedro Castro Vázquez. The party lost power in 2011, though she retained her seat and served as the party's spokesperson in the council, as well as being secretary general of the PSOE in Getafe.
Mayor of Getafe
First term: 2015–2019
In October 2014, Hernández was chosen as the PSOE candidate for the 2015 Spanish local elections in Getafe.
The public source identifies “Sara Hernández” as general Secretary and PSOE candidate for mayor of Getafe in the municipal elections of 2015. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sara, Hernández and General.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Sara Hernández”, the useful work is to connect “general Secretary and PSOE candidate for mayor of Getafe in the municipal elections of 2015” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19647462. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1976, 2003, 2015 and 2017.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Sara Hernández”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Sara Hernández primary sources, Sara Hernández archive and Sara research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Sara Hernández”?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Sara Hernández” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.