Teresa Patrício de Gouveia explained

Teresa Patrício de Gouveia
Honorific-Suffix:GOIH GCIH GCC GCOH KMM
Office1:Minister of Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities
Term Start1:9 October 2003
Term End1:17 July 2004
President1:Jorge Sampaio
Primeminister1:Durão Barroso
Predecessor1:António Martins da Cruz
Successor1:António Monteiro
Office2:Minister of Environment and Natural Resources
Term Start2:11 June 1993
Term End2:28 October 1995
President2:Mário Soares
Primeminister2:Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Predecessor2:Carlos Borrego
Successor2:Elisa Ferreira
Birth Name:Maria Teresa Pinto Basto Patrício de Gouveia
Birth Date:1946 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Lisbon, Portugal
Party:Social Democratic Party
Spouse:Alexandre O'Neill (1971–1981)
Children:One son
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Public servant
Alma Mater:University of Lisbon

Maria Teresa Pinto Basto Patrício de Gouveia, GOIH GCIH GCC GCOH KMM (born 18 July 1946), commonly known as Teresa Patrício de Gouveia, is a Portuguese cultural manager, public servant and retired politician.

Background

Gouveia is a daughter of Afonso Patrício de Gouveia (Guarda, Sé, 18 July 1915 – present) and wife Maria Madalena d'Orey Ferreira Pinto Basto (Lisbon, 19 August 1925 – present), from a Family of the high Bourgeoisie and some Nobility and of more or less distant English, German, French and Italian descent. One of her brothers, António, died in Camarate air crash along with the then Prime Minister, Francisco Sá Carneiro, and the Minister of Defense, Adelino Amaro da Costa.

Career

Gouveia is a licentiate in history from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon.

Gouveia became a member of the European Council, Secretary of State for Culture and Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources in the XIth Constitutional Government, Deputy to the Assembly of the Republic, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2003–2004) and President of the Serralves Foundation.

Other activities

Political positions

In February 2020, Gouveia joined around fifty former European prime ministers and foreign ministers in signing an open letter published by British newspaper The Guardian to condemn U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, saying it would create an apartheid-like situation in occupied Palestinian territory.[2]

Decorations

Gouveia was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry.

Marriage and child

Gouveia married in Lisbon on 4 August 1971 and divorced on 20 February 1981 Writer and Poet Alexandre O'Neill. The couple had a son:[3] [4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ecfr.eu/article/press_release_new_governance_at_ecfr New governance at ECFR
  2. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/27/grave-concern-about-us-plan-to-resolve-israel-palestine-conflict Grave concern about US plan to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict
  3. Raízes e Memórias, Associação Portuguesa de Genealogia, Lisboa
  4. História da Família Ferreira Pinto Basto, Carlos Lourenço do Carmo da Camara Bobone, Livraria Bizantina, 1.ª Edição, Lisboa, 1997, pg. 403