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Assunção Cristas
Assunção Cristas
	Assunção Cristas in 2017
President of CDS – People's Party
	In office; 13 March 2016 – 26 January 2020
Preceded by	Paulo Portas
Succeeded by	Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos
Minister of Agriculture and Sea
	In office; 21 June 2011 – 26 November 2015
Prime Minister	Pedro Passos Coelho
Preceded by	António Serrano
Succeeded by	Luís Capoulas Santos
Minister of the Environment and Territorial Planning
	In office; 21 June 2011 – 24 July 2013
Prime Minister	Pedro Passos Coelho
Preceded by	Dulce Pássaro
Succeeded by	Jorge Moreira da Silva
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
	In office; 15 October 2009 – 27 January 2020
Constituency	Leiria (2009–2019); Lisbon (2019–2020)
Member of the Lisbon City Council
	In office; 1 October 2017 – 17 October 2021
Personal details
Born	Maria de Assunção de Oliveira Cristas; 28 September 1974 (age 50); Luanda, Portuguese Angola
Political party	CDS – People's Party (2007–present)
Spouse	Tiago Machado da Graça (m. 1998)
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Lisbon
Occupation	Lawyer • Professor • Politician

Maria de Assunção de Oliveira Cristas Machado da Graça (born 28 September 1974) is a Portuguese lawyer, professor and politician. She was the President of the CDS – People's Party from 2016 to 2020.^[1]^[2]

Since 2017 she's also opposition leader councilwoman in the Lisbon City Council, elected with 21% of the popular vote.

From 2011 to 2015, she served as Minister of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Territorial Planning in the government led by Pedro Passos Coelho.^[3]

Life before politics

She is a lawyer by training and a professor at the New University of Lisbon. She graduated in law in 1997 by the University of Lisbon,^[4] was admitted in the Portuguese Bar Association in 1999 and completed her doctorate in Private Law in 2004.

Political career

Assunção Cristas has been a member of Democratic and Social Centre - People's Party since 2007. She was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic in 2009 elections, representing Leiria. She was re-elected in 2011 elections, participating in the negotiations between her party and the winning Social Democratic Party to form a coalition government.

Cristas led the CDS-PP into the 2019 elections. Her party was defeated, with the CDS-PP losing 13 seats and retaining only 5. She announced her resignation as leader of CDS-PP that evening.^[5]

Electoral history

CDS–PP leadership election, 2016

Ballot: 13 March 2016
Candidate		Votes	%
	Assunção Cristas	877	98.8
	Miguel Mattos Chaves	11	1.2
Turnout		888
Source: Results^[6]

Lisbon City Council election, 2017

Ballot: 1 October 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	PS	Fernando Medina	106,036	42.0	8	–3
	CDS–PP/MPT/PPM	Assunção Cristas	51,984	20.6	4	+3
	PSD	Teresa Leal Coelho	28,336	11.2	2	–1
	CDU	João Ferreira	24,110	9.6	2	±0
	BE	Ricardo Robles	18,025	7.1	1	+1
	PAN	Inês Sousa Real	7,658	3.0	0	±0
	Other parties		5,833	2.3	0	±0
Blank/Invalid ballots			10,498	4.2	–	–
Turnout			252,481	51.16	17	±0
Source: Autárquicas 2017^[7]

Legislative election, 2019

Ballot: 6 October 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	PS	António Costa	1,903,687	36.3	108	+22
	PSD	Rui Rio	1,454,283	27.8	79	–10
	BE	Catarina Martins	498,549	9.5	19	±0
	CDU	Jerónimo de Sousa	332,018	6.3	12	–5
	CDS–PP	Assunção Cristas	221,094	4.2	5	–13
	PAN	André Silva	173,931	3.3	4	+3
	Chega	André Ventura	67,502	1.3	1	new
	IL	Carlos Guimarães Pinto	67,443	1.3	1	new
	Livre	Collective leadership	56,940	1.1	1	+1
	Other parties		207,162	4.0	0	±0
Blank/Invalid ballots			254,875	4.9	–	–
Turnout			5,237,484	48.60	230	±0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições^[8]

References

^ "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
^ "Assunção Cristas". NOVA School of Law | Faculdade de Direito da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
^ Portugal, Grand Union. "Assunção Cristas". www.historico.portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
^ "ASSUNÇÃO CRISTAS MINISTRA DA AGRICULTURA E DO MAR". Archived from the original on 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
^ Rodrigues, Ana Sofia (October 7, 2019). "Assunção Cristas anuncia saída da liderança do CDS-PP". RTP (in Portuguese).
^ "Moção de Assunção Cristas vence com 877 votos contra 11". TVI24 (in Portuguese). March 13, 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
^ "Autárquicas 2017". SGMAI. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
^ "Mapa Oficial Resultados Legislativas 2019" (PDF). CNE. Retrieved 5 August 2024.