Dalila Rodrigues Explained

Dalila Rodrigues
Office1:Minister of Culture
Term Start1:2 April 2024
Term Start2:13 May 2019
Term End2:1 April 2024
Birth Name:Maria Dalila Aguiar Rodrigues
Birth Date:15 August 1961
Birth Place:Penedono, Portugal
Party:Independent
Alma Mater:University of Coimbra
Predecessor1:Pedro Adão e Silva
Occupation:Art historianPolitician
Primeminister1:Luís Montenegro
Office2:Director of the Jerónimos Monastery and the Belém Tower
Office3:Member of the Board of Directors of the Belém Cultural Center
Term Start3:2012
Term End3:2015
Office4:Director of the Casa das Histórias Paula Rego
Term Start4:2008
Term End4:2009
Office5:Director of the National Museum of Ancient Art
Term Start5:2004
Term End5:2007
Office6:Director of the Grão Vasco National Museum
Term Start6:2001
Term End6:2004

Maria Dalila Aguiar Rodrigues (born 15 August 1961) is a Portuguese art historian and politician who has been serving as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro since 2024.[1]

Career

With a PhD in Art History from the University of Coimbra, Rodrigues was director of the Grão Vasco Museum, a position she held between 2001 and 2004, and which she left to direct the National Museum of Ancient Art (2004–2007), for which she was appointed by the minister of Culture of the Government of Pedro Santana Lopes, Maria João Bustorff.[2]

Between 2012 and 2015 Rodrigues was a member of the Board of Directors of the Belém Cultural Center Foundation (CCB) and of the Modern and Contemporary Art Foundation – Museu Colecção Berardo. Between 2019 and 2024, Dalila Rodrigues was director of the Jerónimos Monastery and the Belém Tower, two of the most visited monuments in Portugal.[3] [4]

She was a coordinating professor at the Higher School of Education at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu and a guest professor at the College of Arts at the University of Coimbra. She is also the author of several books and scientific articles in the areas of art history, heritage and museology.[5] [6]

References

  1. Web site: Queirós . Luís Miguel . 2024-03-28 . Dalila Rodrigues é a nova ministra da Cultura . 2024-03-29 . PÚBLICO . pt.
  2. Web site: Da polémica do Museu de Arte Antiga ao Mosteiro dos Jerónimos: quem é Dalila Rodrigues? . 2024-03-29 . CNN Portugal . pt.
  3. Web site: 2024-03-28 . Dalila Rodrigues, de historiadora de arte a ministra da Cultura . 2024-03-29 . SIC Notícias . pt.
  4. Web site: Dalila Rodrigues é a nova Diretora do Mosteiro dos Jerónimos e da Torre de Belém . 2024-03-29 . www.portugal.gov.pt.
  5. Web site: Dalila Rodrigues assume pasta da Cultura no novo Governo . 2024-03-29 . Jornal de Notícias . pt.
  6. Web site: unify.pt . Ex-diretora do Museu Nacional Grão Vasco (Viseu) é a nova ministra da Cultura . 2024-03-29 . jornaldocentro.pt.