| Margarida Blasco | |
| Office1: | Minister of Internal Administration |
| Term Start1: | 2 April 2024 |
| Term Start2: | 8 May 2019 |
| Term End2: | 30 August 2021 |
| Birth Date: | 25 July 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Castelo Branco, Portugal |
| Party: | Independent |
| Alma Mater: | University of Lisbon |
| Predecessor1: | José Luís Carneiro |
| Occupation: | judge • politician |
| Primeminister1: | Luís Montenegro |
| Office2: | Member of the Supreme Court of Justice |
| Office3: | Inspector General of Internal Administration |
| Term Start3: | 9 February 2012 |
| Term End3: | 4 May 2019 |
| Office4: | Director-General of the Security Information Service |
| Term Start4: | 2004 |
| Term End4: | 2005 |
| Predecessor3: | Mário Varges Gomes |
| Successor3: | Anabela Cabral Ferreira |
| Minister3: | Miguel Macedo Anabela Miranda Rodrigues João Calvão da Silva Constança Urbano de Sousa Eduardo Cabrita |
| President2: | António Piçarra Henrique Araújo |
| Predecessor4: | Domingos Jerónimo |
| Successor4: | Júlio Pereira |
| Primeminister4: | José Manuel Barroso Pedro Santana Lopes |
Maria Margarida Blasco Martins Augusto (born 25 July 1956) is a Portuguese judge and politician. She has been Minister of Internal Administration since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.[1] [2]
Between 1987 and 1991 she was chief of staff of the Assistant Secretary of State to the Minister of Justice.[3]
Between 2019 and 2021 she was a member of the Supreme Court of Justice, having retired in 2021. She was general director of the Security Information Service, being the first woman to hold the office, between 2004 and 2005 and Inspector General of Internal Administration (IGAI) between 2012 and 2019.[4] [5] [6]