Rita Júdice

Rita Júdice
Júdice in 2024
Minister of Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 April 2024
Prime Minister	Luís Montenegro
Preceded by	Catarina Sarmento e Castro
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 26 March 2024 – 2 April 2024
Constituency	Coimbra
Personal details
Born	Rita Fragoso de Rhodes Alarcão Júdice (1973-12-08) 8 December 1973 (age 51) Sé Nova, Coimbra, Portugal
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Democratic Alliance (2024–present)
Children	3
Parent	José Miguel Júdice [pt] (father)
Alma mater	Catholic University of Portugal
Occupation	Lawyer • politician

Rita Fragoso de Rhodes Alarcão Júdice de Abreu e Mota (born 8 December 1973) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. She was elected as a member of the Assembly of the Republic in 2024 for the Coimbra constituency. She has been Minister of Justice since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.[1]

She has a degree in Law from the Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon School (1997). She was a partner at the law firm PLMJ, founded by her father José Miguel Júdice, from 2013 to 2023 where she was co-coordinator of the Real estate and Tourism area.[2]

Between 1998 and 2023 she worked as a lawyer in the area of real estate law, also at PLMJ. She is a member of the executive committee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Portugal and an associate of Women in Real Estate (WIRE Portugal).[3]

References

1. Oliveira, Ana Henriques, Mariana (28 March 2024). "Rita Alarcão Júdice: uma jurista especializada em imobiliário é a nova ministra da Justiça". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
2. "Rita Alarcão Júdice | PSD". www.psd.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
3. "Rita Júdice, a nova ministra da Justiça: a advogada especialista em imobiliário que terá de pacificar a revolta que paralisa os tribunais". Expresso (in Portuguese). 28 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.