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]
Mónica Quintela | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | António Costa |
| Constituency | Coimbra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mónica Cláudia de Castro Quintela 14 July 1967 Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Rui Manuel Portugal da Silva Leal |
| Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Early life and education
editMónica 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
editQuintela 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
editIn 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
edit- ^ 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.