Margarida Maldonado Freitas
Margarida Maldonado Freitas | |
|---|---|
 Maldonado Freitas in 2026 | |
| First Lady of Portugal | |
| Assumed role 9 March 2026 | |
| President | António José Seguro |
| Preceded by | Maria Cavaco Silva (2016) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maria Margarida Nave Nunes Maldonado Freitas 24 October 1970 Caldas da Rainha, Portugal |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Margarida Maldonado Freitas (born 24 October 1970) is a Portuguese pharmacist who has been the First Lady of Portugal since 2026, as the wife of President António José Seguro.
Biography
Freitas was born in 1970 in Caldas da Rainha into a deeply politicized family, with her father Custódio Maldonado Freitas having been a Member of the Assembly of the Republic from the Socialist Party.[1]
Freitas met António José Seguro in the night he left the leadership of the Socialist Youth, and they both got married in Óbidos in September 2001. The couple had two children, Maria, born in 2002, and António, born in 2004.[1]
After her husband was elected President in 2026, she defended that there was no official role of First Lady, deciding not to have an office and keeping her job as a pharmacist, only accompanying her husband when it is required.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Margarida Freitas será a nova "primeira-dama" de Portugal". www.sabado.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ Bernardino, Carla (9 March 2026). "Margarida Maldonado Freitas, a mulher do presidente da República que diz que "não há primeiras-damas no país"". Jornal de Notícias (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 15 March 2026.