Graça Fonseca Explained

Graça Fonseca
Office:Minister of Culture
Primeminister:António Costa
Term Start:15 October 2018
Term End:30 March 2022
Predecessor:Luís Filipe Castro Mendes[1]
Successor:Pedro Adão e Silva
Office2:Secretary of State Assistant and of Administrative Modernisation
Primeminister2:António Costa[2]
Term Start2:26 November 2015
Term End2:15 October 2018
Predecessor2:Gonçalo Saraiva Matias[3]
Successor2:Luís Goes Pinheiro[4]
Birth Date:13 August 1971
Birth Place:Lisbon, Portugal

Graça Maria da Fonseca Caetano Gonçalves (born 13 August 1971)[5] is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister António Costa .[6] [7] Fonseca graduated with a law degree from the University of Lisbon, has a master's degree in economics from the University of Coimbra, and obtained a PhD in sociology from ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon. From 26 November 2015 to 15 October 2018,[8] Fonseca served as Secretary of State Assistant and of Administrative Modernisation.[9]

When she came out publicly, in an interview to newspaper Diário de Notícias in 2017,[10] she was the first gay member of a government cabinet ever to disclose their sexual orientation in Portugal.[11] Since taking office as Minister of Culture in 2018, she is the first openly gay Portuguese government minister.[12]

In July 2020, when asked by a reporter about the pressure cultural workers were facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of responding to the question, she said she had to leave for a late-afternoon drink, using an anglicism that some critics considered insensitive.[13] Her response was widely panned by the Portuguese press.[14] [15] [16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Uma remodelação com peso político. Público. 14 October 2018. São. José Almeida. 15 October 2018. pt.
  2. Web site: Costa toma posse quinta-feira às 16h. Público. 25 November 2015. 17 October 2018. pt.
  3. Web site: Gonçalo Saraiva Matias - Secretário de Estado Adjunto e para a Modernização Administrativa (XX Governo Constitucional de Portugal). 17 October 2018.
  4. News: Dinis . Rita . 16 October 2018 . Remodelação no Governo. Há dez novos secretários de Estado, cinco permanecem no cargo . Cabinet reshuffle. Ten new secretaries of State, five remain on their posts . pt . Observador . 17 October 2018 .
  5. Web site: Graça Fonseca. Socialist Party. 17 October 2018.
  6. Web site: Graça Fonseca – Minister of Culture. portugal.gov.pt. 15 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181015120854/https://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/gc21/ministries/culture/minister. 15 October 2018. live.
  7. Axel Bugge (October 14, 2018), Portugal's premier reshuffles cabinet, appoints new economy minister Reuters.
  8. Decree of the President of the Republic no. 72-G/2018 . Decreto do Presidente da República . 72-G/2018 . Portuguese . 15 October 2018 . 17 October 2018.
  9. Web site: Graça Fonseca – Secretary of State Assistant and of Administrative Modernisation. portugal.gov.pt. 15 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181015023700/https://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/gc21/ministries/presidency-and-of-administrative-modernisation/secretaries-of-state?i=assistantandofadministrativemodernisation. 15 October 2018. live.
  10. News: Câncio . Fernanda . 22 August 2017 . "Se calhar no PSD já ninguém liga muito a Passos Coelho" - Entrevista a Graça Fonseca, secretária de Estado da Modernização Administrativa . "Perhaps in PSD no one cares about Passos Coelho any more" - Interview with Graça Fonseca, Secretary of State Assistant for Administrative Modernisation . pt . . 17 October 2018 .
  11. News: Sapage . Sonia . 26 August 2017 . O gesto histórico de Graça Fonseca que também foi incómodo . The historic step by Graça Fonseca which was also a nuisance . pt . Público (Porto edition) . 17 October 2018 .
  12. Web site: New ministers for Defence, Culture, Health and Economy. Algarve Daily News. 14 October 2018. 15 October 2018.
  13. Web site: Ministra recusa comentar apoios na cultura e convida jornalistas a beber um "drink". 2020-08-02. Jornal Expresso. pt-PT.
  14. Web site: Tavares. João Miguel. Um "drink" de fim de tarde. 2020-08-02. PÚBLICO. pt.
  15. Web site: "Enquanto [a ministra] bebe drinks e fala de arte contemporânea, a União dá ajuda espontânea": as rimas de quem ajuda quem passa fome]. 2020-08-02. Jornal Expresso. pt-PT.
  16. Web site: Lusa. JP pede demissão da ministra da Cultura que acusa de não ter "noção da realidade". 2020-08-02. PÚBLICO. pt.

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