Samantha Jane Sacramento is a

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politician. She is the Minister for the Health Authority, Justice, Multiculturalism, Equality and Community Affairs in the

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. Samantha Sacramento was born in Gibraltar. She attended school in Gibraltar before studying law at the

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, where she obtained

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and

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degrees. She qualified as a

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and joined the

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. Between 2001 and 2003 Sacramento worked in the legal team of the

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in Cardiff. In 2004 she returned to Gibraltar where she practised as a barrister, specialising in commercial and civil litigation. Sacramento was elected as a member of the

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for the

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in the December 2011 general election. Following the election she was appointed Minister for Social Services and Equality in the government of

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, becoming Gibraltar's first minister for equality. In June 2013 Sacramento deputised for the

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during his absence from Gibraltar, becoming the first woman to do so. In a ministerial reshuffle in 2014 Sacramento was also appointed as Minister for Tourism and Housing. In the 2016 ministerial reshuffle Sacramento became Minister for Housing and Equality, which included responsibility for civic rights, citizen's advice, the ombudsman service, consumer affairs, data protection and health and safety.

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