Graça Fonseca | |
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Minister of Culture | |
In office 15 October 2018 – 30 March 2022 | |
Prime Minister | António Costa [1] |
Preceded by | Luís Filipe Castro Mendes [1] |
Succeeded by | Pedro Adão e Silva |
Secretary of State Assistant and of Administrative Modernisation | |
In office 26 November 2015 – 15 October 2018 | |
Prime Minister | António Costa [2] |
Preceded by | Gonçalo Saraiva Matias [3] |
Succeeded by | Luís Goes Pinheiro [4] |
Personal details | |
Born | Lisbon, Portugal [5] | 13 August 1971
Graça Maria da Fonseca Caetano Gonçalves (born 13 August 1971) [6] is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister António Costa since 15 October 2018 [update]. [5] [7] Fonseca graduated with a law degree from the University of Lisbon, has a master's degree in economics from the University of Coimbra, and obtained a PhD in sociology from ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon. From 26 November 2015 to 15 October 2018, [8] Fonseca served as Secretary of State Assistant and of Administrative Modernisation. [9]
When she came out publicly, in an interview to newspaper Diário de Notícias in 2017, [10] she was the first gay member of a government cabinet ever to disclose their sexual orientation in Portugal. [11] Since taking office as Minister of Culture in 2018, she is the first openly gay Portuguese government minister. [12]
In July 2020, when asked by a reporter about the pressure cultural workers were facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of responding to the question, she said she had to leave for a late-afternoon drink, using an anglicism that some critics considered insensitive. [13] Her response was widely panned by the Portuguese press. [14] [15] [16]
Graça Fonseca | |
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Minister of Culture | |
In office 15 October 2018 – 30 March 2022 | |
Prime Minister | António Costa [1] |
Preceded by | Luís Filipe Castro Mendes [1] |
Succeeded by | Pedro Adão e Silva |
Secretary of State Assistant and of Administrative Modernisation | |
In office 26 November 2015 – 15 October 2018 | |
Prime Minister | António Costa [2] |
Preceded by | Gonçalo Saraiva Matias [3] |
Succeeded by | Luís Goes Pinheiro [4] |
Personal details | |
Born | Lisbon, Portugal [5] | 13 August 1971
Graça Maria da Fonseca Caetano Gonçalves (born 13 August 1971) [6] is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister António Costa since 15 October 2018 [update]. [5] [7] Fonseca graduated with a law degree from the University of Lisbon, has a master's degree in economics from the University of Coimbra, and obtained a PhD in sociology from ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon. From 26 November 2015 to 15 October 2018, [8] Fonseca served as Secretary of State Assistant and of Administrative Modernisation. [9]
When she came out publicly, in an interview to newspaper Diário de Notícias in 2017, [10] she was the first gay member of a government cabinet ever to disclose their sexual orientation in Portugal. [11] Since taking office as Minister of Culture in 2018, she is the first openly gay Portuguese government minister. [12]
In July 2020, when asked by a reporter about the pressure cultural workers were facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of responding to the question, she said she had to leave for a late-afternoon drink, using an anglicism that some critics considered insensitive. [13] Her response was widely panned by the Portuguese press. [14] [15] [16]