Alexandra Leitão
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Assumed office
29 March 2022
ConstituencySantarém
Minister for the Modernization of the State and Public Administration
In office
26 October 2019 – 30 March 2022
Preceded byMariana Vieira da Silva
Succeeded byMário Campolargo
Assistant Secretary of State for Education
In office
26 November 2015 – 26 October 2019
Preceded byAmélia Loureiro
Succeeded byJoão Costa
Personal details
Born (1973-04-08) April 8, 1973
Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal
Political partySocialist Party (since 1995)
Other political
affiliations		Socialist Youth (1991–2003)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Commentator
Profession
  • Jurist
  • Professor

Alexandra Ludomila Ribeiro Fernandes Leitão (born April 8, 1973) is a Portuguese jurist and professor of law.

Biography

Leitão was born on April 8, 1973.[1] She was the Assistant Secretary of State for Education in the XXI Constitutional Government and Minister for the Modernization of the State and Public Administration in the XXII Constitutional Government.

She graduated in law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon in 1995, having completed a Master's in Legal and Political Sciences from the same Faculty in 2001, and a Doctorate in 2011.[1] She worked as an Assistant at the Faculty of Law of the University from Lisbon between 1996 and 2011,[2] and as Assistant Professor since 2011.[1]

She joined the Socialist Party in 1995, having been active in the Socialist Youth since 1991.[3]

Between 1997 and 1999 she was assistant to the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the XIII Constitutional Government of Portugal. She worked as a consultant for the Legal Center of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (CEJUR) between 1999 and 2009, which she took over in 2011, becoming Deputy Director of CEJUR between 2009 and 2011. She was also a member of the Advisory Board of the Attorney General of the Republic between 2011 and 2015.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "CV Alexandra Ludomila Ribeiro Fernandes Leitão" (PDF). icjp.pt. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Governo de Portugal". www.portugal.gov.pt.
  3. ↑ https://visao.sapo.pt/atualidade/politica/2016-06-03-A-historia-da-fa-de-Springsteen-que-esta-a-deixar-os-colegios-amarelos
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