Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Republic of Portugal/ A República
Portugesa (In 1911 Doctor Carolina
Beatriz Ângelo voted for the Constituent Assembly in her capacity as Head of
Family - suffrage was thereafter speficfically restricted to men, until 1931 when women with a superior
or secondary education was allowed to vote,
universal suffrage 1976). A
Kingdom until 1910 then a republic
Also
see Portugal Heads
1970-73 Undersecretary of
State of Social Affairs Maria Teresa Carcomo Lobo
1974 Secretary of State of Social
Affairs Maria de Lurdes Ruvio da Silva de Matos Pintasilgo
1974-75 Minister of Social Affairs
1979-80 President of the Government (Premier Minister) (31.7-31.1)
1979-86 Member of Council of State
1986 Presidential Candidate
Dr.
Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo was Ambassador to UNESCO 1975-79, Member of the
European Parliament 1987-89, and
lived (1930-2004)
1975-76 Subsecretary of State for
Public Investments
1976-78 Secretary of State of Finance
1977-78 Secretary of State of in the Ministry of Finance for Taxes
1978 Secretary of State of Finance for the Treasury Maria Manuela Matos Margado
Santiago Batista
1975-76 Secretary of State of
Consumers' Protection Maria Isabel Carmelo Rosa
1977 Secretary of State of
Planning Maria Manuela da Silva
1977-78 Secretary of State of
Culture Teresa Dória Monteriro Santa Clara Gomes
1978-79 Secretary of State by the President of the Government
1978-79 Secretary of State of
Labour Maria Manuela Aguiar Dias Moreira Aguiar
1980-81 and 1985-87 Secretary of State Foreign Affairs for Emigration and Portuguese
Communities Abroad
MP since 1980, 1987-91 Vice-President of the Assambleia Nacional, since 1999
Parliamentary Leader of Partido Social Democrato. (b. 1942-)
1978-79 Secretary of State of
Education, Culture and Scientific Research for Basic and Secondary Education
Maria Alice Nobre Gouveia
1979 Secretary of State by the
Presidency of the Council of Ministers for Public Administration Grabiela
Guedes Salgueiro
1980-82 Member the Cabinet of
Vice-Ministers of the President of the Government Margarida do Rego Da Costa e Salema D'Oliviera Martines
She is daughter of Edwardo Maria De Brito Melo e Castabo e Alberquerque Da
Costa e Salema and Maria Do Amapario Simones Be Lima Mello. Married to Olivera
Martines in 1980 and mother of two daughters, Member of Parliament, 1980-85, Member
of the European Parliament from 1989. (b. 1940-)
1980-83 Secretary of State of
Planning and Environment Aurora Margarida de Carvalho Santos Borges de Carvalho
1980-81 Secretary of State of Budget Maria de Lurdes Orfão de Mateus Correira do Vale
1980-81 Secretary of State of
Family Maria Teresa Paulo Sampaio da Costa Macedo
1980-82 Subsecretary of State in
The Office of the President of Council of Ministers
1982 Subsecretary of Parliamentary Affairs Maria Luísa Falcão Líbano
Monteiro Anras
1982 Secretary of State by the President of the Council of Ministers Maria Leonor Couceiro Pizarro Beleza de
Mendonça Tavares.
1983-85 Secretary of State of Social Affairs
1985-90 Minister of Health
Dra. Leonor Beleza was
Vice-President of Assambleia Nacional 1991-94 and
2002-05,
Vice-President of Partido Social Democrata (Centrum-Right) 1990-92
and 1998-99.
1983-83 Secretary of State of
Local Administration
1983-85 Secretary of State of Agriculture Helena de Melo Torres Marques
Former Director General of Regional- and Local Action in the Ministry
1983-85 Secretary of State of Education Maria Helena Carvalho dos
Santos Oliveira Lopes
1983-84 Secretary of State of
Education Maria Helena Nazareth Santos Valente Rosa
1983-85 Secretary of State of
External Commerce Maria Raquel Lopes de Bethencourt Ferreira
1985-87 Secretary of State of
Education Maília Dulce Coelho Pina Morgado Raimundo
Civil Governor of Guarda Saber 1988-91
1985-87 Secretary of State of
Culture Maria Teresa Pinto Basto Patrício Gouveia
1987-89 Secretary of State by the Premier Minister for Culture
1991-93 Secretary of State of Environment and Natural Resources
1993-95 Minister of Environment
2003-03 Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Portugese Communities
MP from 1987. She was against the appointment of
Pedro Santana Lopes as
successor of José Durão Barroso as Prime Minister and resigned from the
government. (b. 1940-).
1987-95 Secretary of State of the
President of the Council of Ministers for Administrative Reform Isabel
Maria Freire dos Santos Côrte-Real
1987-89 Secretary of State of
Planning and Territorial Administration
1989-95 Secretary of State of Planning and Economic Development
Isabel
Maria de Lucena Vasconcelos Cruz de Almeida Mota
198?-1991 Secretary of State of Parliamentary Affairs Mrs. Oliviera e Costa
1990-93 Secretary of State of
Finance for Budget Maria Manuela Dias Ferreira Leite
1993-95 Minister of Education
2002-04 Minister of State and Minister of Finance
Deputy Parliamentary Leader 1996-2001, Party Vice-President 1998-99 and 2001 Parliamentary Leader of the conservative Partido Social Democrata. As Minister of State she was
Second in Command of the Government. She was against the appointment of
the new
Prime Minister and
resigned from the government.
She resigned from parliament and became a
technical advisor at the Bank of Portugal. Party President 2008-09 and candidate for the post of Prime Minister in the 2009-elections. (b. 1940-).
1990-91 Subsecretary by the
President of the Council of Ministers for Culture Natália Correia Guedes
1991-95 Subsecretary of State by
the President of the Council of Ministers for Culture Maria José Avillez
Nogueira Pinto
1991-95 Secretary of State of
Justice Maria Eduarda de Almeida Azeuedo
Vice-President of Partido Social Democrata since 1999.
1991-93 Secretary of State of
Natural Resources Teresa Taveira da Silva
1991-95 Secretary of State of
Internal Trade and Tourism Teresa Paula de Oliveira Ricou
1995-99 Minister of Environment
Elisa Maria da Costa Guimarães Ferreira
1999-2002 Minister of Planning
Elisa Ferreira was Vice-Chairperson of the parliamentary
party of the Socialist Party 2002-03 and from 2004 Member of the
European Parliament. (b. 1955-)
1995-97 Minister of Employment and
Qualification Maria João Fernandez Rodrigues
1995-99 Minister of Health Maria de Belém Roseria Martins Coelho Henriques de Pina
1999-2001 Minister of Equality
1995-97 Secretary of State of
Finance Maria Manuela de Brito Arcanjo Marques da Costa
1999-2001 Minister of Heath
1995 Secretary of State of
Planning and Territorial Administration and Social Provision for Housing and
Communication
1995-2002 Secretary of State of Social Provision for Housing Leonor Coutinho
Pereira dos Santos
Leonor Coutinho is
(b. 1947-)
1995-2002 Secretary of State of
Education for Education and Innovation Ana Maria Benavente da Silva Nuno
Ana Benavente is
(b. 1945-)
1995-96 Secretary of State of
Youth Maria do Céu Baptista Ramos
1997-2001 Secretary of State of
Culture Catarina Marques de Almeida Vaz Pinto
In the second socialist government from 1999 only 3 of the 42 Secretaries of
State were women (b. 1960-)
1997-99 Secretary of State of Equipment,
Planning and Territorial Administration for Regional Development Maria José
Marrafinha Pardana Conatâncio
(b. 1939-)
2000-01 Secretary of State of
Education for Scholarly Administration Maria José Rodriguez Rau Pinto
da Silva
2001-02 Secretary of State of
Foreign Affairs for European Affairs Maria Teresa Quintela Bessa Pereira de
Moura
2001-02 and 2005- Assistant Secretary of State of Health Carmen Madalena da Costa Gomes e Cunha Pignatelli
2001-02 Secretary of State for
Equality by the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Maria do Céu Farrajota
Castanho Lombo da Cunha Regy
2002-04 Minister of Justice Maria
Celeste Ferreira Lopes Cardona
2002-04 Secretary of State in the
Ministry of Finance for Public Administration Suzana Maria de Moura Alves da
Silva Toscano
2002-03 Secretary of State of Economy Maria Dulce Farinha Franco Vilhena de Carvalho
2002-04 Secretary of State of
Commerce, Industry and Services Maria do Rosário Mayoral Machado Simões Ventura
2003-04
Secretary of State of Public Works, Transport and Housing
Maria do Rosário Cardoso Águas
2004 Secretary of State of the Ministry of Social Security, Family and Children
2004-05 Secretary of State of Public Administration in the Ministry of Finance and
Public Administratio
Rosário Águas has been a
conservative MP since 2002. (b. 1961-).
2002-04 Secretary of State of
Education Mariana Jesus
Martinez de Torres Vas Freire Cascais
2002-03 Secretary of State of Social
Security Maria Margarida Correia de Aguiar
The rightwing government elected in 2002 had 7 female
and 45 male members.
2003-05 Minister of Science and Higher Education Maria da Graça Martins da Silva Carvalho
2003-04 Secretary of State of
Foreign Affairs for Cooperation Maria Manuela
Franco
2003-04 Secretary of State of Social
Security Teresa Margarida Figueiredo de
Vasconcelos Caeiro
2004-05 Secretary of State of Culture in charge of Art and
Spectacles
Civil Governor of Lisboa 2002-03. 2004 it was first made public that she was
appointed Secretary of State of Defence but the Prime Minister shifted her to
the Ministry of Culture in the last minute. (b. 1969-)
2004 Secretary of State of Cities, Territorial Planning and Environment in charge of Regional Development Maria Hermínia Cabral de Oliveira
2004-05 Minister of Education Maria do Carmo da Costa Seabra
2004-05
Minister of Culture Maria João Bustorff Silva
Her full name is Maria Joao Espirito Santo
Bustorff Silva
2004-05 Secretary of State of Economic Activities and Labour in charge of Industry, Commerce and Services Maria da Graça Ferreira Proença de Carvalho
2004 Secretary of State in the
Ministry of Finance for Public Administration
2004-05 Secretary of State in the Office of the President of the Council of
Ministers Sofia de Sequeira Teixeira Galvão
The number of Ministers in the new government formed in 2004 went up from 17 to
19, but the number of female ministers dropped from 4 to 3. At the same time the
number of Secretaries of States went up from 36 to 38, 5 of whom are women, the
same as in the previous government.
2004-05 Secretary of State of Health Regina Maria Pinto da Fonseca Ramos Bastos
Regina Bastos was Vice-Governor of
Aveiro
1994-96 and MEP
2000-04. (b. 1960-).
2005-09 Minister of Education Maria de Lurdes Reis
Rodrigues
An academic with no political experience. (b. 1956-).
2005-08 Minister of Culture
Maria Isabel da Silva Pires de Lima
sabel Pires de Lima has been Socialist MP since
1999. (b. 1952-).
Of the 17 ministers in the socialist government with an absolute majority two
are women.
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2005 Secretary of State of Finance
for the Treasury and Finances
Maria dos Anjos Capote
2005-09 Secretary of
state of Transport in the Ministry of Public Works and Communications
Ana Paula Vitorino
Of the 34 secretaries of state, 3 were women until 2007, when an additional
woman was appointed.
2005-11 Assistant Secretary of State of
Rehabilitation in the Ministry of Social Security Idália
Maria Marques Salvador Serrão de Menezes Moniz
Normally known as Idália Moniz
2008-11 Minister of Health Ana Maria Teodoro Jorge
Former
Hospital Administrator.
2008-09 and 2015- Secretary of State of European
Affairs Margarida Marques
2008-09 Secretary of State of Culture Paula Fernandes dos Santos
Worked in the Foreign Ministry from 2001.
2009-11 Minister of Environment and Teritorrial Planning
Dulce dos Prazeres Fidalgo Álvaro Pássaro
Dulce Pássaro is an academic with no political experience.
(b. 1953-)
2009-11 Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity Maria
Helena dos Santos André
Trade unionist with no political experience. (f.
1960-)
2009-11
Minister of Education Maria Isabel Girão de Melo
Veiga Vilar Alçada
Isabel Alçada is an academic with no political experience.
(b. 1950-)
2009-11 Minister of Culture Maria Gabriela da Silveira
Ferreira Canavilhas
Gabriela Canavilhas is
An academic with no political experience.
(b. 1961-).
2009-11 State Secretary of Internal Administration
Maria Dalila Correia Araújo Teixeira
Governor
of Lisboa 2008-09.
2009-11 Secretary of State for Equality in the Ministry of the
Presidency Elza Maria Henriques Deus Pais
2009-11 State Secretary of Teritorial Planning and Cities Fernanda Maria Rosa do Carmo Julião
2011-15 Minister of Justice Paula Teixeira da Cruz
Paula
Maria von Hafe Teixeira da Cruz is a lawyer, was Alderman of Lisboa
1998-2002 and President of the Assembleia Municipal 2005-2009 and
Vice-President of the National Political Committee since 2005. (b. 1960-)
2011-15 Minister of Agriculture and The Sea
Assunção Cristas
2011-13 Minister of
Environment and Territorial Planning
Maria da Assunção de
Oliveira Cristas Machado da Graça has been an MP since 2009 and is
Vice-President of CDS-PP. (b. 1974-)
2011-15 State Secretary Adjunct to the Minister
and Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs Vânia Dias da Silva
2011-15
State Secretary Adjunct to the Minister and Secretary of State of
Defence Berta Maria Correia de Almeida de Melo Cabral
2011-13 Secretary of State of Finance for the Treasury and
the Finances
Maria Luís Albuquerque
2013-15 Minister of
State and Minister of
Finance
2011-15 Secretary of State of Parliamentary Affairs and
Equality Teresa Morais
2015 Minister of Culture, Equality and
Citizenship
Maria Teresa da Silva Morais has been an MP since 2002.
2011-12 Secretary of State of Tourism Cecília Meireles
Cecília Felgueiras de Meireles Graça (b. 1977-)
2011-12 Secretary of State of Education for Basic and Secondary Education Isabel Maria Santos Silva
2011-15 Secretary of State of Education for Science Maria
Leonor Parreira
2012-15 Secretary of State of the Treasury Isabel
Castelo Branco
2014-15 Minister of Internal Administration Anabela Miranda
Pinto de Miranda Rodrigues
Anabela Rodrigues is a law professor
2015 Minister of Education and Science Margarida Isabel
Mano Tavares Simões Lopes Marques de Almeida
2015 State Secretary adjunct to the Minister of Defence Mónica Sofia do Amaral Pinto
Ferro
Former Vice-President of the Parliamentary Group of PSD.
2015 Secretary of State
of Economy Vera Lúcia Alves Rodrigues
2015 Secretary of State of
Justice Teresa Maria de Moura Anjinho
2015 Secretary of State of
Basic and Secondary Education Amélia Maria Botelho de Carvalho Loureiro
2015- Minister of Internal Administration Constança Urbano de Sousa
2015- Minister of Justice Francisca Van DunemThe first female black
minister, she was Public Procecutor prior to her appointment to the
government.
2015- Minister of the Sea Ana Paula Vitorino
2015-
State Secretary Adjunct to the Prime Minister Mariana Vieira da Silva
2015- State Secretary Adjunct to the Minister and Secretary of State of
Administrative Modernisation Graça Fonseca
2015- State Secretary
Adjunct to the Minister and Secretary of State of Internal Admnistration
Isabel OnetoFormer Civil Governor of Porto.
2015- State Secretary
Adjunct to the Minister and Secretary of State of Justice Helena Mesquita
Ribeiro
2015- State Secretary Adjunct to the Minister
and Secretary of State of Education Alexandra Leitão
2015- Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Maria Teresa
Gonçalves Ribeiro
Teresa Ribeiro is a diplomat and among others former
Ambassador to the EU.
2015- Secretary of State of Administration and
Public Entreprises Carolina Ferra
2015- Secretary of State of Justice
Anabela Pedroso
2015- Secretary of State for Citizenship and Equality
Catarina Marcelino
2015- Secretary of State of Culture Isabel Botelho
Leal
2015- Secretary of State of Science, Technology and Higher
Education Maria Fernanda Rollo
2015- Secretary of State of Social
Security Cláudia Joaquim
2015- Secretary of State for the Inclusion
of People with Disabilities Ana Sofia Antunes
2015- Secretary of
State of Tourism Ana Mendes Godinho
2015- Secretary of State of
Territorial Planning and Protection of the Nature Célia Ramos