Rita Júdice

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Rita Júdice
Minister of Justice
Assumed office
2 April 2024
Prime MinisterLuís Montenegro
Preceded byCatarina Sarmento e Castro
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
26 March 2024 – 2 April 2024
ConstituencyCoimbra
Personal details
Born
Rita Fragoso de Rhodes Alarcão Júdice

(1973-12-08) 8 December 1973 (age 50)
Portugal
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Democratic Alliance (2024–present)
ParentJosé Miguel Júdice [pt] (father)
Alma materCatholic University of Portugal
OccupationLawyer • politician

Rita Fragoso de Rhodes Alarcão Júdice de Abreu e Mota (born 8 December 1973) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. She was elected as a member of the Assembly of the Republic in 2024 for the Coimbra constituency. She has been Minister of Justice since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.[1]

She has a degree in Law from the Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon School (1997). She was a partner at the law firm PLMJ, founded by her father José Miguel Júdice, from 2013 to 2023 where she was co-coordinator of the Real Estate and Tourism area.[2]

Between 1998 and 2023 she worked as a lawyer in the area of real estate law, also at PLMJ. She is a member of the executive committee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Portugal and an associate of Women in Real Estate (WIRE Portugal).[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Oliveira, Ana Henriques, Mariana (28 March 2024). "Rita Alarcão Júdice: uma jurista especializada em imobiliário é a nova ministra da Justiça". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Rita Alarcão Júdice | PSD". www.psd.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Rita Júdice, a nova ministra da Justiça: a advogada especialista em imobiliário que terá de pacificar a revolta que paralisa os tribunais". Expresso (in Portuguese). 28 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.