Paula Teixeira da Cruz

Paula Teixeira da Cruz
Teixeira da Cruz in 2015
Minister of Justice
In office
21 June 2011  30 October 2015
Prime MinisterPedro Passos Coelho
Preceded byAlberto Martins
Succeeded byFernando Negrão
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
20 June 2011  24 October 2019
ConstituencyLisbon
President of the Municipal Assembly of Lisbon
In office
9 October 2005  11 October 2009
MayorCarmona Rodrigues
António Costa
Preceded byAntónio Modesto Navarro
Succeeded bySimonetta Luz Afonso
Member of the Lisbon City Council
In office
1 January 1998  1 January 2002
Personal details
Born
Paula Maria von Hafe Teixeira da Cruz

(1960-06-01) 1 June 1960
Luanda, Portuguese Angola
Political partySocial Democratic Party (1995–present)
Spouse
Paulo Teixeira Pinto
(m. 1984; div. 2008)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon
ProfessionLawyer

Paula Maria von Hafe Teixeira da Cruz (born 1 June 1960) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. She served as Minister of Justice in the government led by Pedro Passos Coelho from 2011 to 2015.