Margarida Blasco
Margarida Blasco | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Minister of Internal Administration | |
| Assumed office 2 April 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Luís Montenegro |
| Preceded by | José Luís Carneiro |
| Member of the Supreme Court of Justice | |
| In office 8 May 2019 – 30 August 2021 | |
| President | António Piçarra Henrique Araújo |
| Inspector General of Internal Administration | |
| In office 9 February 2012 – 4 May 2019 | |
| Minister | Miguel Macedo Anabela Miranda Rodrigues João Calvão da Silva Constança Urbano de Sousa Eduardo Cabrita |
| Preceded by | Mário Varges Gomes |
| Succeeded by | Anabela Cabral Ferreira |
| Director-General of the Security Information Service | |
| In office 2004–2005 | |
| Prime Minister | José Manuel Barroso Pedro Santana Lopes |
| Preceded by | Domingos Jerónimo |
| Succeeded by | Júlio Pereira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 July 1956 Castelo Branco, Portugal |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
| Occupation | judge • politician |
Maria Margarida Blasco Martins Augusto (born 25 July 1956) is a Portuguese judge and politician. She has been Minister of Internal Administration since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.[1][2]
Between 1987 and 1991 she was chief of staff of the Assistant Secretary of State to the Minister of Justice.[3]
Between 2019 and 2021 she was a member of the Supreme Court of Justice, having retired in 2021. She was general director of the Security Information Service, being the first woman to hold the office, between 2004 and 2005 and Inspector General of Internal Administration (IGAI) between 2012 and 2019.[4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Margarida Blasco vai ser ministra da Administração Interna". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 28 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ Renascença (28 March 2024). "Margarida Blasco. Ex-SIS e IGAI é a nova ministra da Administração Interna - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "As sete ministras do novo Governo". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Governo de Portugal". www.portugal.gov.pt. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Margarida Blasco ministra da Administração Interna do novo Governo". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 28 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ Henriques, Mariana Oliveira, Ana (28 March 2024). "Foi "polícia dos polícias" e será ministra dos polícias. Margarida Blasco assume Administração Interna". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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