Dulce Pássaro

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Dulce Pássaro
Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning
In office
October 2009 – June 2011
Parliamentary groupIndependent
President of the Oliveira do Hospital municipal council
Assumed office
October 2017
Personal details
Born (1953-11-23) 23 November 1953 (age 70)
Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal
Political party Portuguese:
Socialist Party (PS)
Alma materInstituto Superior Técnico
OccupationWaste-management specialist

Dulce Pássaro (born 1953) is a Portuguese engineer and politician. She was Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning in Portugal between October 2009 and June 2011.

Education

Dulce dos Prazeres Fidalgo Álvaro Pássaro was born in the municipality of

Coimbra district on 23 November 1953. She graduated in chemical engineering at the Instituto Superior Técnico, and then studied sanitary engineering at NOVA University Lisbon.[1][2][3]

Career

Pássaro began her career as an assistant professor at a

From March 2003 to October 2009, Pássaro was a member of the board of directors of the Instituto Regulador de Aguas e Residuos (Regulatory Institute of Water and Waste). A supporter of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), she was appointed Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning of the XVIII Constitutional Government in October 2009. This was considered a surprise by the press.[4] She held the position until June 2011 when the PS needed to form a coalition after the elections and her position was given to a coalition partner. In October 2017 she headed the Socialist Party list for the municipal assembly of Oliveira do Hospital, with her party winning 15 of the 21 seats, resulting in her becoming president of the council.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ministra do Ambiente: Dulce Pássaro". Expresso. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "DULCE PÁSSARO Presidente de assembleia municipal - Assembleia Municipal de Oliveira do Hospital". Cidades - Público. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Dulce Pássaro, especialista em resíduos, nomeada ministra do Ambiente". Público. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Cinco ministras no Governo mais feminino de sempre". www.dn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-02-14.