Maria de Assunção de Oliveira Cristas Machado da Graça (born 28 September 1974) is a Portuguese lawyer, professor and politician. She was the President of the CDS – People's Party from 2016 to 2020.
Assunção Cristas | |
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| President of CDS – People's Party | |
| In office 13 March 2016 – 26 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Paulo Portas |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos |
| Minister of Agriculture and Sea | |
| In office 21 June 2011 – 26 November 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Preceded by | António Serrano |
| Succeeded by | Luís Capoulas Santos |
| Minister of the Environment and Territorial Planning | |
| In office 21 June 2011 – 24 July 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Preceded by | Dulce Pássaro |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Moreira da Silva |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 15 October 2009 – 27 January 2020 | |
| Constituency | Leiria (2009–2019) Lisbon (2019–2020) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1974 Luanda, Portuguese Angola |
| Political party | CDS – People's Party (2007–present) |
| Spouse | Tiago Machado da Graça |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
Since 2017 she's also opposition leader councilwoman in the Lisbon City Council, elected with 21% of popular vote.
From 2011 to 2015, she served as Minister of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Territorial Planning in the government led by Pedro Passos Coelho.
Life before politics edit
She is a lawyer by training and a professor at the New University of Lisbon. She graduated in law in 1997 by the University of Lisbon,[1] was admitted in the Portuguese Bar Association in 1999 and completed her doctorate in Private Law in 2004.
Political career edit
Assunção Cristas has been a member of Democratic and Social Centre - People's Party since 2007. She was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic in 2009 elections, representing Leiria. She was re-elected in 2011 elections, participating in the negotiations between her party and the winning Social Democratic Party to form a coalition government.
Cristas led the CDS-PP into the 2019 elections. Her party was defeated, with the CDS-PP losing 13 seats and retaining only 5. She announced her resignation as leader of CDS-PP that evening.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "ASSUNÇÃO CRISTAS MINISTRA DA AGRICULTURA E DO MAR". Archived from the original on 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- ^ Rodrigues, Ana Sofia (October 7, 2019). "Assunção Cristas anuncia saída da liderança do CDS-PP". RTP (in Portuguese).
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