Maria de Assunção de Oliveira Cristas Machado da Graça (born 28 September 1974) is a Portuguese lawyer, professor and politician. She was the President of the CDS – People's Party from 2016 to 2020.[1][2]
Assunção Cristas | |
|---|---|
 Assunção Cristas in 2017 | |
| President of CDS – People's Party | |
| In office 13 March 2016 – 26 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Paulo Portas |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos |
| Minister of Agriculture and Sea | |
| In office 21 June 2011 – 26 November 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Preceded by | António Serrano |
| Succeeded by | Luís Capoulas Santos |
| Minister of the Environment and Territorial Planning | |
| In office 21 June 2011 – 24 July 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Preceded by | Dulce Pássaro |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Moreira da Silva |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 15 October 2009 – 27 January 2020 | |
| Constituency | Leiria (2009–2019) Lisbon (2019–2020) |
| Member of the Lisbon City Council | |
| In office 1 October 2017 – 17 October 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maria de Assunção de Oliveira Cristas 28 September 1974 Luanda, Portuguese Angola |
| Political party | CDS – People's Party (2007–present) |
| Spouse |
Tiago Machado da Graça
(m. 1998) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
| Occupation | Lawyer • Professor • Politician |
Since 2017 she's also opposition leader councilwoman in the Lisbon City Council, elected with 21% of the popular vote.
From 2011 to 2015, she served as Minister of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Territorial Planning in the government led by Pedro Passos Coelho.[3]
Life before politics
editShe 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,[4] was admitted in the Portuguese Bar Association in 1999 and completed her doctorate in Private Law in 2004.
Political career
editAssunção 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.
Cristas led the CDS-PP into the 2019 elections. Her party was defeated, with the CDS-PP losing 13 seats and retaining only 5. She announced her resignation as leader of CDS-PP that evening.[5]
Electoral history
editCDS–PP leadership election, 2016
edit| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assunção Cristas | 877 | 98.8 | |
| Miguel Mattos Chaves | 11 | 1.2 | |
| Turnout | 888 | ||
| Source: Results[6] | |||
Lisbon City Council election, 2017
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Fernando Medina | 106,036 | 42.0 | 8 | –3 | |
| CDS–PP/MPT/PPM | Assunção Cristas | 51,984 | 20.6 | 4 | +3 | |
| PSD | Teresa Leal Coelho | 28,336 | 11.2 | 2 | –1 | |
| CDU | João Ferreira | 24,110 | 9.6 | 2 | ±0 | |
| BE | Ricardo Robles | 18,025 | 7.1 | 1 | +1 | |
| PAN | Inês Sousa Real | 7,658 | 3.0 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Other parties | 5,833 | 2.3 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Blank/Invalid ballots | 10,498 | 4.2 | – | – | ||
| Turnout | 252,481 | 51.16 | 17 | ±0 | ||
| Source: Autárquicas 2017[7] | ||||||
Legislative election, 2019
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | António Costa | 1,903,687 | 36.3 | 108 | +22 | |
| PSD | Rui Rio | 1,454,283 | 27.8 | 79 | –10 | |
| BE | Catarina Martins | 498,549 | 9.5 | 19 | ±0 | |
| CDU | Jerónimo de Sousa | 332,018 | 6.3 | 12 | –5 | |
| CDS–PP | Assunção Cristas | 221,094 | 4.2 | 5 | –13 | |
| PAN | André Silva | 173,931 | 3.3 | 4 | +3 | |
| Chega | André Ventura | 67,502 | 1.3 | 1 | new | |
| IL | Carlos Guimarães Pinto | 67,443 | 1.3 | 1 | new | |
| Livre | Collective leadership | 56,940 | 1.1 | 1 | +1 | |
| Other parties | 207,162 | 4.0 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Blank/Invalid ballots | 254,875 | 4.9 | – | – | ||
| Turnout | 5,237,484 | 48.60 | 230 | ±0 | ||
| Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[8] | ||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ "Assunção Cristas". NOVA School of Law | Faculdade de Direito da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ Portugal, Grand Union. "Assunção Cristas". www.historico.portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ "ASSUNÇÃO CRISTAS MINISTRA DA AGRICULTURA E DO MAR". Archived from the original on 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- ^ Rodrigues, Ana Sofia (October 7, 2019). "Assunção Cristas anuncia saída da liderança do CDS-PP". RTP (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Moção de Assunção Cristas vence com 877 votos contra 11". TVI24 (in Portuguese). March 13, 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Autárquicas 2017". SGMAI. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Mapa Oficial Resultados Legislativas 2019" (PDF). CNE. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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