Eduardo Cabrita

{{Short description|Portuguese legal professional and politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Eduardo Cabrita

|image = Eduardo Cabrita, INTERPOL-Frontex conference (cropped).png

| office = Minister of Internal Administration

| term_start = 21 October 2017

| term_end = 4 December 2021

| primeminister = António Costa

| predecessor = Constança Urbano de Sousa

| successor = Francisca Van Dunem

|office2 = Assistant Minister

|primeminister2 = António Costa

|term_start2 = 26 November 2015

|term_end2 = 21 October 2017

|predecessor2 = Miguel Poiares Maduro

|successor2 = Pedro Siza Vieira

|birth_name = Eduardo Arménio do Nascimento Cabrita

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|9|26|df=y}}

|birth_place = Barreiro, Setúbal district

|party = Socialist Party

|spouse = Ana Paula Vitorino

|alma_mater = University of Lisbon

|website = [http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/ministerios/madj.aspx www.portugal.gov.pt]

}}

Eduardo Arménio do Nascimento Cabrita (born 26 September 1961, in Barreiro) is a Portuguese legal professional and politician who served as Minister Assistant and Minister of Internal Administration in the cabinet of Prime Minister António Costa from 2015 until 2021. He was a member of parliament from 2002 to 2015, before taking office as minister in the Government.[https://dre.pt/application/file/71124703 Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 129-C/2015 de 26 de novembro] (Presidential decree in Portuguese){{Cite web|url=http://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/ministries/madj/the-team/minister/eduardo-cabrita.aspx|title=Minister Assistant - Eduardo Cabrita - Biography|website=Portuguese Republic Government|access-date=29 November 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=1987|title=Eduardo Cabrita - Biografia|website=Assembleia da República|language=pt|access-date=29 November 2016}}{{Cite news|url=https://expresso.sapo.pt/politica/2015-11-24-Ministro-adjunto-Eduardo-Cabrita-o-homem-de-mao-de-Costa|title=Ministro-adjunto: Eduardo Cabrita, o homem de mão de Costa|last=Meireles|first=Luísa|date=24 November 2015|publisher=Expresso|language=pt|access-date=29 November 2016}}

During his time in government, Cabrita faced criticism over a range of incidents, including the death of a Ukrainian immigrant in custody at Lisbon airport; authorization for celebrations of the national football championship that were blamed for spreading COVID-19; and his handling of a coronavirus outbreak among migrant farm hands.Paul Ames (3 December 2021), [https://www.politico.eu/article/portugal-interior-minister-eduarde-carbita/ Portugal’s interior minister resigns over fatal highway accident] Politico Europe. On 3 December 2021, he resigned after his driver was accused of “negligent homicide” over the death of a highway worker, while driving Cabrita's car at 40 km/h above the speed limit,Paul Ames (3 December 2021), [https://www.politico.eu/article/portugal-interior-minister-eduarde-carbita/ Portugal’s interior minister resigns over fatal highway accident] Politico Europe. being substituted on the day after by the Minister of Justice Francisca Van Dunem.Diário da República no. 234-A/2021, Ist Series (Official Gazette) https://dre.pt/dre/detalhe/diario-republica/234-a-2021-175399138

After the resignation, he resumed his duties as a member of the Assembly of the Republic representing Setúbal, from December 2021 until March 2022.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-07 |title=Eduardo Cabrita regressa ao Parlamento, apesar da dissolução. Mas pediu para não entrar nas listas do PS |url=https://expresso.pt/politica/2021-12-07-Eduardo-Cabrita-regressa-ao-Parlamento-apesar-da-dissolucao.-Mas-pediu-para-nao-entrar-nas-listas-do-PS-7e0461f1 |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Expresso |language=pt}}