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Teresa Patrício de Gouveia
GOIH GCIH GCC GCOH KMM
Teresa Patrício de Gouveia GOIH GCIH GCC GCOH KMM
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities
	In office; 9 October 2003 – 17 July 2004
President	Jorge Sampaio
Prime Minister	Durão Barroso
Preceded by	António Martins da Cruz
Succeeded by	António Monteiro
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources
	In office; 11 June 1993 – 28 October 1995
President	Mário Soares
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded by	Carlos Borrego
Succeeded by	Elisa Ferreira
Personal details
Born	Maria Teresa Pinto Basto Patrício de Gouveia; 18 July 1946 (age 78); Lisbon, Portugal
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse	Alexandre O'Neill (1971–1981)
Children	One son
Alma mater	University of Lisbon
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Public servant

Maria Teresa Pinto Basto Patrício de Gouveia, GOIH GCIH GCC GCOH KMM (born 18 July 1946), commonly known as Teresa Patrício de Gouveia, is a Portuguese cultural manager, public servant and retired politician.

Background

Gouveia is a daughter of Afonso Patrício de Gouveia (Guarda, Sé, 18 July 1915 – present) and wife Maria Madalena d'Orey Ferreira Pinto Basto (Lisbon, 19 August 1925 – present), from a Family of the high Bourgeoisie and some Nobility and of more or less distant English, German, French and Italian descent. One of her brothers, António, died in Camarate air crash along with the then Prime Minister, Francisco Sá Carneiro, and the Minister of Defense, Adelino Amaro da Costa.

Career

Gouveia is a licentiate in history from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon.

Gouveia became a member of the European Council, Secretary of State for Culture and Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources in the XIth Constitutional Government, Deputy to the Assembly of the Republic, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2003–2004) and President of the Serralves Foundation.

Other activities

European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2020)^[1]

Political positions

In February 2020, Gouveia joined around fifty former European prime ministers and foreign ministers in signing an open letter published by British newspaper The Guardian to condemn U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, saying it would create an apartheid-like situation in occupied Palestinian territory.^[2]

Decorations

Gouveia was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry.

Marriage and child

Gouveia married in Lisbon on 4 August 1971 and divorced on 20 February 1981 Writer and Poet Alexandre O'Neill. The couple had a son:^[3]^[4]

Afonso de Gouveia O'Neill (28 May 1976 –)

References

^ New governance at ECFR European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), press release of January 28, 2020.
^ Grave concern about US plan to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict The Guardian, February 27, 2020.
^ Raízes e Memórias, Associação Portuguesa de Genealogia, Lisboa
^ História da Família Ferreira Pinto Basto, Carlos Lourenço do Carmo da Camara Bobone, Livraria Bizantina, 1.ª Edição, Lisboa, 1997, pg. 403

External links

Teresa Patrício de Gouveia's Genealogy in a Portuguese Genealogical site

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[1] New governance at ECFR European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), press release of January 28, 2020.

[2] Grave concern about US plan to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict The Guardian, February 27, 2020.

[3] Raízes e Memórias, Associação Portuguesa de Genealogia, Lisboa

[4] História da Família Ferreira Pinto Basto, Carlos Lourenço do Carmo da Camara Bobone, Livraria Bizantina, 1.ª Edição, Lisboa, 1997, pg. 403

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