Berta Cabral

Berta Maria Correia de Almeida de Melo Cabral (born Ponta Delgada) is an Azorean politician.

Portrait of Berta Cabral

An economist by profession, Cabral received her degree in finance from the Lisbon School of Economics and Management at the Technical University of Lisbon in 1975.[1] She served as regional director of treasury and transportation and communications for a time in the 1980s before being named to the government of Mota Amaral as regional secretary of Finance and Public Administration. Other public roles in the Azores which she has held include administrator of Eléctrica Açoriana, chair of the board of directors of SATA Air Açores, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores.[2] In 2001 she became leader of the city council of Ponta Delgada, in the process becoming the city's first female mayor.[3] In 2008 she was elected leader of the Azorean branch of the Social Democratic Party with 98.5% of the vote, having run unopposed in the election.[2] She thus became the first woman to lead a political party in the archipelago.[4] In 2012 she was nominated to lead the Ministry of National Defense in the cabinet of Pedro Passos Coelho, becoming the first woman to hold the post in the Portuguese cabinet.[5] Since 2015 she has been a member of the Assembly of the Republic.[6]

References
  1. Global Media Group (22 April 2013). "Quem é Berta Cabral?". jn.pt. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. "Açores: Berta Cabral eleita líder do PSD/Açores com 98,5 por cento dos votos". sapo.pt. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. "Elections - Azoreans to vote for new President – Azores - Portuguese American Journal". portuguese-american-journal.com. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. Brasil, Ana. "TEMAS. Berta Cabral A desejada inevitável". publico.pt. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  5. Global Media Group (21 April 2013). "Berta Cabral será nova secretária de Estado da Defesa". tsf.pt. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  6. "Biografia". Parlamento.pt. Retrieved 24 November 2017.


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