Mónica Quintela

Mónica Quintela (born 1967) is a Portuguese politician. A member of the centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD), Quintela was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic in 2019 as a representative of the Coimbra constituency.^[1]

Mónica Quintela
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
Prime Minister	António Costa
Constituency	Coimbra
Personal details
Born	Mónica Cláudia de Castro Quintela (1967-07-14) 14 July 1967 (age 57) Portugal
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse	Rui Manuel Portugal da Silva Leal
Alma mater	University of Coimbra
Profession	Lawyer

Early life and education

Mónica Cláudia de Castro Quintela was born on 14 July 1967. She studied law at the University of Coimbra between 1986 and 1991.^[1][2][3]

Career

Quintela worked as a lawyer from 1994. She married Rui Manuel Portugal da Silva Leal, who is also a lawyer. Between 2014 and 2017 she was a member of the general council of the Portuguese Bar Association.^[4]

Political career

In 2019 Quintela was chosen to be head of the list of PSD candidates for the Coimbra constituency in the national election and was elected to be a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic. In the January 2022 national election, called by the Socialist Party prime minister, António Costa, following the failure of left-wing parties to support his budget, Quintela was again first on the PSD list for Coimbra and was duly re-elected. The PSD won three of the available nine seats for Coimbra.^[4][5]

During her first term in the Assembly, Quintela was vice-president of the parliamentary committee on the verification of elected deputies. In her re-election campaign she called for measures to improve birth rates in Portugal, such as improved maternity hospitals and more day-care centres. Criticising the country’s bureaucracy, she argued for more rapid digitalization of administrative functions. She also argued for a decentralization of government services.^[6][7]

References

1. "Mónica Cláudia de Castro Quintela - Biografia". Parlamento. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
2. "Mónica Quintela". Renascença. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
3. "O perfil dos deputados eleitos para a Assembleia da República". Renascença. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
4. "Mónica Cláudia de Castro Quintela - Registo de interesses". Parlamento. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
5. "Conheça os nomes dos deputados eleitos pelo seu distrito: a lista completa". CNN. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
6. "Mónica Quintela: "Defendemos A Descida da Carga Fiscal e A Melhoria Dos Serviços Públicos"". RUC. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
7. "Mónica Quintela assume "sério compromisso de ser a voz de Coimbra na Assembleia da República" (com vídeos)". Notícias de Coimbra. Retrieved 17 April 2022.