Paula Teixeira da Cruz
Paula Maria von Hafe Teixeira da Cruz (born June 1, 1960 in Luanda , Portuguese West Africa , now Angola ) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. Since June 21, 2011, she has been Minister of Justice in the Passos Coelho cabinet .
Life
Teixeira Cruz was born on June 1, 1960 in what was then the Portuguese overseas province of Portuguese West Africa (now Angola). In 1975 she and her parents fled the province that had been given independence back to Lisbon. There she began her law studies at the Free University of Lisbon in 1983 . Until 1987 she also taught at the university and at the law faculty of the University of Lisbon in the field of administrative law. She also taught in the same area at the University of Finance from 1991 to 1992.
Professional career
In 1992 Teixeira da Cruz opened her own law firm on Lisbon's Rua Garrett . In 1996 she joined the large law firm F. Castelo Branco & Associados, where she coordinated the area of public, administrative and environmental law. Between 1999 and 2003 Teixeira da Cruz was a member of the Supreme Council of the Public Prosecutor's Office ( Conselho Superior do Ministério Público ), from 2003 to 2005 a member of the Supreme Council of the Magistratura ( Conselho Superior da Magistratura ), a state body that appoints the judges of the country and supervised.
Party political career
Paula Teixeira da Cruz has been a member of the Portuguese Social Democrats (PSD) since 1995 . In her place of residence, Lisbon, she was a member of the social democratic group in the city council between 1998 and 2002, and between 2005 and 2009 she was President of the Lisbon City Parliament ( Assembleia Municipal ). 1997/1998 she was on the board ( Commissão Política Nacional ) of the PSD, as well as in 2005/2006 under Luís Marques Mendes . Since 2010 she has been deputy chairwoman of the PSD under Pedro Passos Coelho .
On 17 June 2011, the previously suggested in the general election victorious Pedro Passos Coelho Paula Teixeira da Cruz as a social democratic four ministers of his cabinet before. On June 21, 2011, President Cavaco Silva appointed her Minister of Justice.
Private
Paula Teixeira da Cruz has been divorced from her husband Paulo Teixeira Pinto , whom she married in 1984 , since 2008 . This marriage resulted in two children, one of which has already passed away.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Inês David Bastos: Perfil: Paula Teixeira da Cruz é ministra da Justiça , [Profile: Paula Teixeira da Cruz is Minister of Justice], Diário Económico , June 17, 2011
Web links
- Vita on the website of the Portuguese government (English, Portuguese)
Pedro Passos Coelho (PSD) | Paulo Portas (CDS-PP) | Rui Machete (PSD, since July 24, 2013) | Vítor Gaspar (independent until July 1, 2013) | Maria Luís Albuquerque (independent, since July 1, 2013) | Miguel Relvas (PSD, until April 4, 2013) | Miguel Poiares Maduro (PSD, since April 4, 2013) | Luís Marques Guedes (PSD, since April 4, 2013) | José Pedro Aguiar Branco (PSD) | Miguel Macedo (PSD) | Paula Teixeira da Cruz (PSD) | Álvaro Santos Pereira (independent until July 24, 2013) | António Pires de Lima (CDS-PP, since July 24, 2013) | Assunção Cristas (CDS-PP) | Jorge Moreira da Silva (PSD, since July 24, 2013) | Pedro Mota Soares (CDS-PP) | Paulo Macedo (independent) | Nuno Crato (independent)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Teixeira da Cruz, Paula |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Teixeira da Cruz, Paula Maria von Hafe (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luanda , Portuguese West Africa |