Berta Cabral

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Berta Cabral
Regional Secretary for Tourism, Mobility and Infrastructure
Assumed office
19 April 2022
PresidentJosé Manuel Bolieiro
Preceded byMário Mota Borges
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
23 October 2015 – 24 October 2019
ConstituencyAzores
Secretary of State of National Defence
In office
22 April 2013 – 30 October 2015
Prime MinisterPedro Passos Coelho
MinisterJosé Pedro Aguiar-Branco
Preceded byPaulo Braga Lino
Succeeded byMónica Ferro
Mayor of Ponta Delgada
In office
16 December 2001 – 1 August 2012
Preceded byManuel Arruda
Succeeded byJosé Manuel Bolieiro
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores
In office
13 October 1996 – 15 December 2001
ConstituencySão Miguel Island
Regional Secretary for Finance, Planning and Public Administration
In office
20 October 1995 – 8 November 1996
PresidentAlberto Madruga da Costa
Preceded byJoaquim Bastos e Silva
Succeeded byRoberto Rocha Amaral
Personal details
Born
Berta Maria Correia de Almeida

(1952-09-20) 20 September 1952 (age 71)
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
Political partySocialist Democratic Party
SpouseLeonel de Melo Cabral
Children2
Alma materTechnical University of Lisbon

Berta Maria Correia de Almeida de Melo Cabral (born 20 September 1952) is an Azorean politician.

An economist by profession, Cabral received her degree in finance from the Lisbon School of Economics and Management at the Technical University of Lisbon in 1975.[1] She served as regional director of treasury and transportation and communications for a time in the 1980s before being named to the government of Mota Amaral as regional secretary of Finance and Public Administration. Other public roles in the Azores which she has held include administrator of Eléctrica Açoriana, chair of the board of directors of SATA Air Açores, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores.[2] In 2001 she became leader of the city council of Ponta Delgada, in the process becoming the city's first female mayor.[3] In 2008 she was elected leader of the Azorean branch of the Social Democratic Party with 98.5% of the vote, having run unopposed in the election.[2] She thus became the first woman to lead a political party in the archipelago.[4] In 2012 she was nominated to lead the Ministry of National Defense in the cabinet of Pedro Passos Coelho, becoming the first woman to hold the post in the Portuguese cabinet.[5] Between 2015 and 2019 was a member of the Assembly of the Republic.[6] Since 2022 she has been regional secretary of Tourism, Mobility and Infrastructure.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Global Media Group (22 April 2013). "Quem é Berta Cabral?". jn.pt. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Açores: Berta Cabral eleita líder do PSD/Açores com 98,5 por cento dos votos". sapo.pt. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Elections - Azoreans to vote for new President – Azores - Portuguese American Journal". portuguese-american-journal.com. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. ^ Brasil, Ana. "TEMAS. Berta Cabral A desejada inevitável". publico.pt. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  5. ^ Global Media Group (21 April 2013). "Berta Cabral será nova secretária de Estado da Defesa". tsf.pt. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Biografia". Parlamento.pt. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  7. ^ Lusa, Agência. "Remodelação. Governo dos Açores mais pequeno com saída de quatro secretários e entrada de dois". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.


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