Maria do Rosário Valente Rebelo Pinto Palma Ramalho (born 18 September 1960) is a Portuguese professor and politician. She has been Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.[1]
She holds a degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and received her master's and doctorate from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.[2]
She is a professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, she was also scientific coordinator of several international projects, in the areas of Labour Law and Equality Law, and, in this context, consultant for the European Commission, the European Parliament and the International Labour Organization.[3][4]