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Portuguese art historian and politician (born 1961)

Dalila Rodrigues
Dalila Rodrigues in 2018
Minister of Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 April 2024
Prime MinisterLuís Montenegro
Preceded byPedro Adão e Silva
Director of the Jerónimos Monastery and the Belém Tower
In office
13 May 2019 – 1 April 2024
Member of the Board of Directors of the Belém Cultural Center
In office
2012–2015
Director of the Casa das Histórias Paula Rego
In office
2008–2009
Director of the National Museum of Ancient Art
In office
2004–2007
Director of the Grão Vasco National Museum
In office
2001–2004
Personal details
BornMaria Dalila Aguiar Rodrigues
(1961-08-15) 15 August 1961 (age 63)
Penedono, Portugal
Political partyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra
OccupationArt historian • Politician

Maria Dalila Aguiar Rodrigues (born 15 August 1961) is a Portuguese art historian and politician who has been serving as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro since 2024.

Career

With a PhD in Art History from the University of Coimbra, Rodrigues was director of the Grão Vasco Museum, a position she held between 2001 and 2004, and which she left to direct the National Museum of Ancient Art (2004–2007), for which she was appointed by the minister of Culture of the Government of Pedro Santana Lopes, Maria João Bustorff.

Between 2012 and 2015 Rodrigues was a member of the Board of Directors of the Belém Cultural Center Foundation (CCB) and of the Modern and Contemporary Art Foundation – Museu Colecção Berardo. Between 2019 and 2024, Dalila Rodrigues was director of the Jerónimos Monastery and the Belém Tower, two of the most visited monuments in Portugal.

She was a coordinating professor at the Higher School of Education at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu and a guest professor at the College of Arts at the University of Coimbra. She is also the author of several books and scientific articles in the areas of art history, heritage and museology.

References

  1. Queirós, Luís Miguel (28 March 2024). "Dalila Rodrigues é a nova ministra da Cultura". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. "Da polémica do Museu de Arte Antiga ao Mosteiro dos Jerónimos: quem é Dalila Rodrigues?". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. "Dalila Rodrigues, de historiadora de arte a ministra da Cultura". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 28 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. "Dalila Rodrigues é a nova Diretora do Mosteiro dos Jerónimos e da Torre de Belém". www.portugal.gov.pt. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. "Dalila Rodrigues assume pasta da Cultura no novo Governo". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  6. "Ex-diretora do Museu Nacional Grão Vasco (Viseu) é a nova ministra da Cultura". jornaldocentro.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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