Mónica Quintela

Mónica Quintela
Mónica Quintela
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2019
Prime Minister	António Costa
Constituency	Coimbra
Personal details
Born	Mónica Cláudia de Castro Quintela; 14 July 1967 (age 57); Portugal
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse	Rui Manuel Portugal da Silva Leal
Alma mater	University of Coimbra
Profession	Lawyer

Mónica Quintela (born 1967) is a Portuguese politician. A member of the centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD), Quintela was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic in 2019 as a representative of the Coimbra constituency.^[1]

Early life and education

Mónica Cláudia de Castro Quintela was born on 14 July 1967. She studied law at the University of Coimbra between 1986 and 1991.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Career

Quintela worked as a lawyer from 1994. She married Rui Manuel Portugal da Silva Leal, who is also a lawyer. Between 2014 and 2017 she was a member of the general council of the Portuguese Bar Association.^[4]

Political career

In 2019 Quintela was chosen to be head of the list of PSD candidates for the Coimbra constituency in the national election and was elected to be a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic. In the January 2022 national election, called by the Socialist Party prime minister, António Costa, following the failure of left-wing parties to support his budget, Quintela was again first on the PSD list for Coimbra and was duly re-elected. The PSD won three of the available nine seats for Coimbra.^[4]^[5]

During her first term in the Assembly, Quintela was vice-president of the parliamentary committee on the verification of elected deputies. In her re-election campaign she called for measures to improve birth rates in Portugal, such as improved maternity hospitals and more day-care centres. Criticising the country’s bureaucracy, she argued for more rapid digitalization of administrative functions. She also argued for a decentralization of government services.^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Mónica Cláudia de Castro Quintela - Biografia". Parlamento. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ "Mónica Quintela". Renascença. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ "O perfil dos deputados eleitos para a Assembleia da República". Renascença. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Mónica Cláudia de Castro Quintela - Registo de interesses". Parlamento. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ "Conheça os nomes dos deputados eleitos pelo seu distrito: a lista completa". CNN. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Mónica Quintela: "Defendemos A Descida da Carga Fiscal e A Melhoria Dos Serviços Públicos"". RUC. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ "Mónica Quintela assume "sério compromisso de ser a voz de Coimbra na Assembleia da República" (com vídeos)". Notícias de Coimbra. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[Parlamento1-1] "Mónica Cláudia de Castro Quintela - Biografia". Parlamento. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[2] "Mónica Quintela". Renascença. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[3] "O perfil dos deputados eleitos para a Assembleia da República". Renascença. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[Parlamento2-4] "Mónica Cláudia de Castro Quintela - Registo de interesses". Parlamento. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[5] "Conheça os nomes dos deputados eleitos pelo seu distrito: a lista completa". CNN. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[6] "Mónica Quintela: "Defendemos A Descida da Carga Fiscal e A Melhoria Dos Serviços Públicos"". RUC. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[7] "Mónica Quintela assume "sério compromisso de ser a voz de Coimbra na Assembleia da República" (com vídeos)". Notícias de Coimbra. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

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