Mariana Vieira Da Silva
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Mariana Guimarães Vieira da Silva (born 8 May 1978) is a Portuguese sociologist and politician who currently serves as Minister of the Presidency in
António Costa António Luís Santos da Costa GCIH (; born 17 July 1961) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician serving as the 119th and current prime minister of Portugal since 26 November 2015, presiding over the XXI (2015–2019), XXII (2019–2022) and ...
's XXIII Constitutional Government, effectively No. 2 in the government.


Biography

Mariana Vieira da Silva is the daughter of politician
José António Vieira da Silva José António da Fonseca Vieira da Silva (born 14 February 1953) is a Portuguese politician and a member of the Socialist Party. He served as Minister of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security from 2015 to 2019 under Prime Minister António ...
, himself a government minister in the
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cabinets of
José Sócrates José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH (born 6 September 1957), commonly known as José Sócrates (), is a Portuguese politician who was the prime minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011. For the second half of 2007, he ...
and
António Costa António Luís Santos da Costa GCIH (; born 17 July 1961) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician serving as the 119th and current prime minister of Portugal since 26 November 2015, presiding over the XXI (2015–2019), XXII (2019–2022) and ...
, and economist Margarida Guimarães. She has a brother, Miguel Vieira da Silva, who is a musician. In her youth, between the ages of 9 and 19, Vieira da Silva was a competitive swimmer for Sporting CP, specialising in the demanding 200 metres
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. She earned a licentiate degree in
Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...
from
ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa is a Portuguese public tertiary education institution. It is located in the city centre of Lisbon, in Cidade Universitária, adjoining the Institute of Social Sciences (ICS) and Institute of Geogr ...
, in 2002, and has not yet concluded her
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in
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(she has finished the coursework but has not yet presented her dissertation on the subject of health and education policies in Portugal). Around the time of the campaign for the 2002 legislative election, she joined the
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's
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''Movimento Imaginar Portugal''; she became a member of the party shortly after that year's electoral loss. From 2005 to 2009, she worked in an advisory capacity in the office of the Minister of Education
Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues Maria de Lurdes Reis Rodrigues (19 March 1956, Lisbon) is a Portuguese Professor of Sociology and former politician, associate professor (with Habilitation) and rector of ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, where she has taught since 198 ...
. From 2009 to 2011, Vieira da Silva served in an adjunct capacity in the office of the Secretary of State Adjunct to the Prime Minister, José Almeida Ribeiro. In November 2015, she became part of the XXI Constitutional Government as Secretary of State Adjunct to the Prime Minister, until February 2019, when she replaced
Maria Manuel Leitão Marques Maria Manuel Leitão Marques (born 23 August 1952) is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She previously served as Minister of the Presidency and of Administrati ...
(elected
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) as Minister of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vieira da Silva, Mariana 1978 births Living people Government ministers of Portugal Women government ministers of Portugal People from Lisbon ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon alumni