Berta Cabral Explained

Berta Cabral
Office:Regional Secretary for Tourism, Mobility and Infrastructure
Term Start:19 April 2022
Birth Name:Berta Maria Correia de Almeida
Birth Date:20 November 1952
Birth Place:Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
Party:Socialist Democratic Party
Spouse:Leonel de Melo Cabral
Children:2
Alma Mater:Technical University of Lisbon
Office6:Regional Secretary for Finance, Planning and Public Administration
Term Start6:20 October 1995
Term End6:8 November 1996
Predecessor6:Joaquim Bastos e Silva
Successor6:Roberto Rocha Amaral
President6:Alberto Madruga da Costa
Office5:Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores
Term Start5:1996
Term End5:2001
Term Start4:16 December 2001
Office4:Mayor of Ponta Delgada
Successor4:José Manuel Bolieiro
Predecessor4:Manuel Arruda
Predecessor:Mário Mota Borges
President:José Manuel Bolieiro
Office2:Secretary of State of National Defence
Termend2:30 October 2015
Termstart2:22 April 2013
Predecessor2:Paulo Braga Lino
Successor2:Mónica Ferro
Primeminister2:Pedro Passos Coelho
Term End4:31 July 2012[1]
Constituency1:Azores
Termstart1:October 2015
Termend1:October 2019
Minister2:José Pedro Aguiar-Branco
Constituency5:São Miguel Island

Berta Maria Correia de Almeida de Melo Cabral (born 20 November 1952)[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] In 2001 she became leader of the city council of Ponta Delgada, in the process becoming the city's first female mayor.[5] 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.[4] She thus became the first woman to lead a political party in the archipelago.[6] 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.[7] Between 2015 and 2019 she was a member of the Assembly of the Republic.[8] Since 2022 she has been regional secretary of Tourism, Mobility and Infrastructure.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Berta Cabral deixa hoje autarquia de Ponta Delgada . 31 July 2012. Açoriano Oriental . 24 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Biografia . Parlamento.pt . 24 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Quem é Berta Cabral?. Global Media Group. 22 April 2013. jn.pt. 24 November 2017.
  4. Web site: Açores: Berta Cabral eleita líder do PSD/Açores com 98,5 por cento dos votos. sapo.pt. 24 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034109/http://noticias.sapo.pt/lusa/artigo/d947a8325ab4582e9b57c0.html. 1 December 2017. dead.
  5. Web site: Elections - Azoreans to vote for new President – Azores - Portuguese American Journal. portuguese-american-journal.com. 24 November 2017.
  6. Web site: TEMAS. Berta Cabral A desejada inevitável. Ana. Brasil. publico.pt. 24 November 2017.
  7. Web site: Berta Cabral será nova secretária de Estado da Defesa. Global Media Group. 21 April 2013. tsf.pt. 24 November 2017.
  8. Web site: Biografia . Parlamento.pt . 24 November 2017.
  9. Web site: Lusa . Agência . Remodelação. Governo dos Açores mais pequeno com saída de quatro secretários e entrada de dois . 2023-09-25 . Observador . pt-PT.