Ana Maria Pereira Abrunhosa Trigueiros de Aragão (born 4 July 1970) is a Portuguese economist and politician who served as Minister for Territorial Cohesion from October 2019 to March 2024, when she was elected to the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal as a member of the Socialist Party (PS), representing the Coimbra constituency.[2]
Ana Abrunhosa | |
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 Abrunhosa in 2020 | |
| Minister for Territorial Cohesion | |
| In office 26 October 2019 – 2 April 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | António Costa |
| Preceded by | Luís Marques Guedes (as Minister of the Presidency and Regional Development) |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Castro Almeida (as Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister and for Territorial Cohesion) |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2024 | |
| Constituency | Coimbra |
| Member of the Mêda Municipal Assembly | |
| In office 29 September 2013 – May 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ana Maria Pereira Abrunhosa 4 July 1970 Portuguese Angola |
| Political party | Socialist Party (2019–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Social Democratic Party (2013–2014) |
| Spouse(s) | Luís Borrego (div.) António Trigueiros de Aragão[1] |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
Early life and career
editAbrunhosa has a doctorate in economics from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, and has taught several subjects there since 1995, such as microeconomics, regional economics, and European economics. She was also a researcher at the university's Centre for Social Studies.[3]
Political career
editPolitically unaffiliated, Abrunhosa had held public offices dealing with regional development and innovation management under both António Costa's centre-left government (Socialist Party) and the preceding Pedro Passos Coelho centre-right government (PSD). Before becoming Minister, among other positions, she was President of the Centro Regional Coordination and Development Commission (2014–2019) — which, notably, coincided with the devastating June 2017 Portugal wildfires —, President of the management board of the Centro Regional Operational Programme (2014–2019), President of the Investment Committee of the Urban Instrument for Rehabilitation and Revitalisation (2016–2019), President of the General Council of the Debt & Guarantees Fund of the Financial Development Institution (2017–2018) and of the General Council of the Capital & Quasi-Capital Fund (2019), and President of the EuroACE Working Community and Euroregion (2018–2019).[3]
Abrunhosa has expressed a wish to run for Mayor of Coimbra as an independent in the future.[4]
Personal life
editAbrunhosa's second and current husband is António Trigueiros de Aragão, CEO of Fábricas Lusitana, a Portuguese food manufacturer, famous for the production of Branca de Neve flour. Her husband is a claimant to the title of 7th Count of Idanha-a-Nova.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Empresa do marido da ministra da Coesão Territorial tem sócio condenado por corrupção activa no caso dos 'vistos Gold'". paginaum.pt (in Portuguese). 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "Eleições Legislativas 2024. Deputados Eleitos". CNN. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Ana Abrunhosa, Minister for Territorial Cohesion". portugal.gov.pt. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "Ana Abrunhosa é cabeça-de-lista do PS por Coimbra já com olhos postos na candidatura à Câmara em 2025". CentroTV (in European Portuguese). 2024-01-23. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ Lito, Raquel (17 November 2019). "Ana Abrunhosa: ministra sim, condessa um dia" [Ana Abrunhosa: minister, yes; countess, one day]. Sábado (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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