Maria Teresa Cárcomo Lobo

Maria Teresa de Almeida Rosa Cárcomo Lobo (Malanje, 18 February 1929 - Rio de Janeiro, 8 December 2018) was a Portuguese politician and jurist and was the first woman to hold office in Portugal.[1][2]

She was Undersecretary of State of Social Affairs from 1970 till 1973, and deputy of the Assembleia Nacional under the Portuguese Estado Novo[3] Cárcomo Lobo was a member of the Permanent Council of the Association of Jurists of the Portuguese Language Countries and of the Brazilian Academy of Economic, Political and Social Sciences.

References

  1. ^ "Maria Teresa Cárcomo Lobo". PÚBLICO. 22 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Morreu a primeira mulher a assumir funções governativas em Portugal". 14 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Parlamento portoghese, Scheda biografica" (PDF).


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