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Portuguese judge and politician (born 1956)

Margarida Blasco
Official portrait, 2024
Minister of Internal Administration
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 April 2024
Prime MinisterLuís Montenegro
Preceded byJosé Luís Carneiro
Member of the Supreme Court of Justice
In office
8 May 2019 – 30 August 2021
PresidentAntónio Piçarra
Henrique Araújo
Inspector General of Internal Administration
In office
9 February 2012 – 4 May 2019
MinisterMiguel Macedo
Anabela Miranda Rodrigues
João Calvão da Silva
Constança Urbano de Sousa
Eduardo Cabrita
Preceded byMário Varges Gomes
Succeeded byAnabela Cabral Ferreira
Director-General of the Security Information Service
In office
2004–2005
Prime MinisterJosé Manuel Barroso
Pedro Santana Lopes
Preceded byDomingos Jerónimo
Succeeded byJúlio Pereira
Personal details
Born (1956-07-25) 25 July 1956 (age 68)
Castelo Branco, Portugal
Political partyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon
Occupationjudge • 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.

Between 1987 and 1991 she was chief of staff of the Assistant Secretary of State to the Minister of Justice.

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.

References

  1. "Margarida Blasco vai ser ministra da Administração Interna". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 28 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. 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.
  3. "As sete ministras do novo Governo". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  4. "Governo de Portugal". www.portugal.gov.pt. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  5. "Margarida Blasco ministra da Administração Interna do novo Governo". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 28 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  6. 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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