Margarida Blasco
Margarida Blasco | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Minister of Internal Administration | |
| In office 2 April 2024 – 5 June 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Luís Montenegro |
| Preceded by | José Luís Carneiro |
| Succeeded by | Maria Lúcia Amaral |
| Member of the Supreme Court of Justice | |
| In office 8 May 2019 – 30 August 2021 | |
| President | António Piçarra Henrique Araújo |
| Inspector General of Internal Administration | |
| In office 9 February 2012 – 4 May 2019 | |
| Minister | Miguel Macedo Anabela Miranda Rodrigues João Calvão da Silva Constança Urbano de Sousa Eduardo Cabrita |
| Preceded by | Mário Varges Gomes |
| Succeeded by | Anabela Cabral Ferreira |
| Director-General of the Security Information Service | |
| In office 2004–2005 | |
| Prime Minister | José Manuel Barroso Pedro Santana Lopes |
| Preceded by | Domingos Jerónimo |
| Succeeded by | Júlio Pereira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 July 1956 Castelo Branco, Portugal |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
| Occupation | judge • politician |
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.
Before her ministerial appointment, Blasco served as General Director of the Security Information Service from 2004 to 2005 and was Inspector General of the Internal Administration from 2012 to 2019. Between 2019 and 2021, she was a member of the Supreme Court of Justice, retiring in 2021.