Rubina Everlien Berardo was born on 11 November 1982 and is a Madeiran and Portuguese politician and pundit who was a Social Democratic Party Member of the Assembly of the Republic for the constituency of Madeira between 2015 and 2019.
10 Facts About Rubina Berardo
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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.
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Four years later, in July 2019, the Madeiran newspaper, JM-Madeira, announced that Berardo was not running for re-election to the Assembly of the Republic.
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Contrary to the mainstream ideology of her party, Rubina Berardo voted in favour of LGBT adoption, and surrogacy during her term as member of the Portuguese parliament.
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Rubina Berardo further questioned that parties' proposal regarding what is the precise moment when they consider that someone gives up their human dignity and thus must be subject to the process of euthanasia, because society, medicine and the state have failed such individual.
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Unlike most of her colleagues, benefiting from the double subsidy, Rubina Berardo made clear to the press, that she never applied for the subsidy made available to tax residents, since it was her understanding that the subsidy provided by the Portuguese parliament is more than enough to cover the air fare costs relating to the travels to her constituency.
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Out of the 12 Parliamentarians representing the Autonomous Region, Rubina Berardo, was the only one to opt to apply for one, of the two, available subsidies.
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Since her involvement in politics, Rubina Berardo has contributed as pundit for Portuguese magazines and newspapers such as Sabado, Diario de Noticias, Diario de Noticias da Madeira and JM-Madeira.
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Rubina Berardo is mother to only one son, from her previous marriage, Ben.
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Rubina Berardo's 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.