Rita Júdice

Rita Fragoso de Rhodes Alarcão Júdice de Abreu e Mota (born 8 December 1973) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. She was elected as a member of the Assembly of the Republic in 2024 for the Coimbra constituency. She has been Minister of Justice since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.^[1]

Rita Júdice
Júdice in 2024
Minister of Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 April 2024
Prime Minister	Luís Montenegro
Preceded by	Catarina Sarmento e Castro
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 26 March 2024 – 2 April 2024
Constituency	Coimbra
Personal details
Born	Rita Fragoso de Rhodes Alarcão Júdice (1973-12-08) 8 December 1973 (age 51) Sé Nova, Coimbra, Portugal
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Democratic Alliance (2024–present)
Children	3
Parent	José Miguel Júdice [pt] (father)
Alma mater	Catholic University of Portugal
Occupation	Lawyer • politician

She has a degree in Law from the Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon School (1997). She was a partner at the law firm PLMJ, founded by her father José Miguel Júdice, from 2013 to 2023 where she was co-coordinator of the Real estate and Tourism area.^[2]

Between 1998 and 2023 she worked as a lawyer in the area of real estate law, also at PLMJ. She is a member of the executive committee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Portugal and an associate of Women in Real Estate (WIRE Portugal).^[3]