Constança Urbano de Sousa

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Dias Urbano and the second or paternal family name is Sousa.
Her Excellency
Constança Urbano de Sousa
Minister of Internal Administration
In office
26 November 2015 – 18 October 2017
Prime MinisterAntónio Costa
Preceded byJoão Calvão da Silva
Succeeded byEduardo Cabrita
Personal details
Born (1967-04-01) April 1, 1967 (age 57)
Coimbra, Portugal
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra
WebsiteMinister of Internal Administration

Maria Constança Dias Urbano de Sousa (born 1 April 1967) is a Portuguese jurist and the country's former Minister of Internal Administration.

Education

Constança Urbano de Sousa graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, in 1991, and received a postgraduate degree in European Law and a doctorate in Law from Saarland University, in Germany, in 1994 and 1997, respectively.[1]

Professional career

She is a former Portuguese Minister of Internal Administration, in António Costa's cabinet.[2][1] During her tenure, Portugal experienced the deadliest wildfires ever, firstly in Pedrogão Grande in June 2017 (65 dead) and later across the country in October 2017 (41 dead).[3] In the sequence of the wildfires in Portugal in June and October, Constança Urbano de Sousa resigned on 18 October 2017.[4]

From 2006 to 2012, she coordinated the Justice and Internal Affairs group of Portugal's Permanent Representation to the European Union. For six years, she headed the national delegation to the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum of the European Union, which she chaired in 2007, and was part of other committees of Council of the European Union.[1]

Personal life

She was born in the civil parish (freguesia) of Sé Nova, in Coimbra, the daughter of former Ombudsman Alfredo José de Sousa and Maria Clara Pires Dias Urbano de Sousa.[5]

She lives in Cascais,[5] a cosmopolitan suburb of the Portuguese capital.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Constança Urbano de Sousa – Minister of Internal Administration". Government of Portugal. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ Decree of the President of the Republic (129-C/2015) (in Portuguese). 26 November 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Portugal and Spain wildfires: Dozens dead and injured". BBC News. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Ministra da Administração Interna demitiu-se". Diário de Notícias. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Eleições para a Assembleia da República: Lista numerada dos Candidatos do Partido Socialista pelo Círculo Eleitoral do Porto" [Elections to the Assembly of the Republic: List of Candidates of the Socialist Party for the Porto Constituency]. Câmara Municipal de Póvoa do Varzim. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.