Margarida Balseiro Lopes
Margarida Balseiro Lopes | |
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Balseiro Lopes in 2024 | |
| Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports | |
| Assumed office 5 June 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Luís Montenegro |
| Preceded by | Dalila Rodrigues (as Minister of Culture) Herself (as Minister of Youth and Modernization) |
| Minister of Youth and Modernization | |
| In office 2 April 2024 – 5 June 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Luís Montenegro |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Herself (as Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports) Gonçalo Saraiva Matias (as Minister Adjunct and for State Reform) |
| President of the Social Democratic Youth | |
| In office 15 April 2018 – 26 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Simão Ribeiro |
| Succeeded by | Alexandre Poço |
| Vice President of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 3 July 2022 – 19 October 2024 | |
| President | Luís Montenegro |
| Preceded by | António Maló de Abreu |
| Succeeded by | Lucinda Dâmaso |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 23 October 2015 – 28 March 2022 | |
| Constituency | Leiria |
| Member of the Marinha Grande Municipal Assembly | |
| Assumed office 21 October 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ana Margarida Balseiro de Sousa Lopes 24 September 1989 Marinha Grande, Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | Social Democratic Youth |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
| Occupation | Jurist • Politician |
Ana Margarida Balseiro de Sousa Lopes (born 24 September 1989) is a Portuguese jurist and politician. She was a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal as a member of the liberal-conservative Social Democratic Party (PSD) and a former president of Social Democratic Youth (JSD), the youth wing of the PSD. Following the 2024 national election she was appointed as Minister of Youth and Modernization by the Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro.