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 (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 (Agriculture and Sea) Dulce Pássaro (Environment and Territorial Planning) |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Moreira da Silva (Environment, Territorial Planning and Energy) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 September 1974 Luanda, Portuguese Angola |
| Political party | CDS – People's Party (2007–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Tiago Machado da Graça |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
Maria da Assunção de Oliveira Cristas Machado da Graça (born Luanda, Portuguese Angola, 28 September 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,[1] 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.
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