Assunção Cristas
| Assunção Cristas | |
|---|---|
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| President of CDS – People's Party | |
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Assumed office 13 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Paulo Portas |
| Minister of Agriculture and Sea | |
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In office 24 July 2013 – 26 November 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Succeeded by | Luís Capoulas Santos (as Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development) |
| Minister of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Territorial Planning | |
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In office 21 June 2011 – 24 July 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Preceded by |
António Serrano (as Minister of Agriculture and Sea) Dulce Pássaro (as Minister of Environment and Territorial Planning) |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Moreira da Silva (as Minister of Environment, Territorial Planning and Energy) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 September 1974 Luanda, Portuguese Angola |
| Political party | CDS - People's Party (2007–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession |
Lawyer Professor |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Maria da Assunção de Oliveira Cristas Machado da Graça (born Luanda, Portuguese Angola, September 28, 1974) is a Portuguese lawyer, professor, conservative politician and president of the CDS - People's Party. 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
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, was admitted in the Portuguese Bar Association in 1999 and completed her doctorate in Private Law in 2004.
Political career
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.