Margarida Blasco

Maria Margarida Blasco Martins Augusto (born 25 July 1956) is a Portuguese judge and politician. She was Minister of Internal Administration from 2024 until 2025, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.

Before her ministerial appointment, Blasco served as General Director of the Security Information Service from 2004 to 2005 and was Inspector General of the Home Affairs from 2012 to 2019. Between 2019 and 2021, she was a member of the Supreme Court of Justice, retiring in 2021.

Early life Blasco was born on 25 July 1956 in Castelo Branco. In 1978, she graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Lisbon. She was then, from 1991 to 1993, general coordinator of cooperation with Portuguese-speaking countries at the Ministry of Justice. At SIS, she initiated cases related to police abuse, especially with Polícia de Segurança Pública agents, which ended with questioning about excessive violence and racism by security forces.