Majority 47,228 (37.75%) Spouse(s) (Divorced) | Nationality Portuguese and German Children One | |
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Preceded by Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar Born 11 November 1982 (age 34)Madeira, Portugal ( 1982-11-11 ) Political party Social Democratic Party (PSD) Parents Jorge Sabino Rodrigues Berardo Education London School of Economics and Political Science, University of East Anglia | ||
Rubina Everlien Berardo (born 11 November 1982) is a Portuguese politician who has been a Social Democratic Party (PSD) Member of the Assembly of the Republic for the constituency of Madeira since 2015.
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Life before politics
She is an economist by training, having studied at the University of East Anglia (BA Politics and Economics, 2003), the London School of Economics (MSc European Politics and Governance, 2004), and at the Portuguese Military Academy where she studied information warfare and Competitive Intelligence.
Before being elected as a member of the Assembly of the Republic, Rubina Berardo worked as civil servant for the Regional Government of Madeira in the department European Affairs and External Cooperation since December 2005, a post she still holds.
Between 2012 and 2015 she became Deputy Counselor for Economic Affairs and Press in the German Embassy in Lisbon.
Political career
Before being elected to the Assembly of the Republic, Rubina Berardo was an active member in the national and regional Social Democratic Youth, having run, unsuccessfully, for President of the latter in 2011.
On October 2015, she was elected member of the Assembly of the Republic, for the constituency of Madeira, and assumed membership of the parliamentary committees for European Affairs and for Budget, Finances and Administrative Modernization. In representation of her constituency Rubina Berardo has integrated the Commission of Inquiry to the process that led to the sale and settlement of Banco Internacional do Funchal (Banif).
Contrary to the mainstream ideology of her party, Rubina Berardo has voted in favor of LGBT adoption and surrogacy during her term.
Despite her stance on certain civil rights, Rubina has been a member of pro-life movement throughout her political career, having supported the movement "Sociedade Civil da Madeira Junta pela Vida" in Madeira which campaigned No in the Portuguese abortion referendum in 2007.
Personal life
Rubina holds double citizenship, from Portugal and Germany.
Her mother, Ilse Berardo, is a German Lutheran theologian, responsible for the German-speaking Protestant Church on Madeira and her uncle Joe Berardo, a Portuguese businessman, stock investor, and art collector, is one of the wealthiest people in Portugal.