Ruth Guerra
Executive Director
Rute Guerra holds a degree in Sociology from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH) of the Nova University of Lisbon (UNL), and a Master's degree in Historical Economics and Sociology from the same faculty. She is a graduate of the CAGEP Public Management Training Program from ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon.
She developed her career as a senior technician in the Strategy and Planning Office of the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security (in the bodies that preceded it), where she coordinated different teams and, for the last ten years, served as deputy director-general.
In the course of her duties, she was involved in work related to the evaluation of public policies, particularly within the framework of the financial, social and economic sustainability of social security, in the development of methodologies for monitoring and evaluating policies to combat poverty and social exclusion, and in updating indicators for the analysis of situations of poverty and inequality.
At the international level, it ensured Portugal's representation on various committees and working groups within the European Commission, the United Nations, and the Council of Europe.
He was president of the European Union's Social Protection Committee between June 2023 and December 2025.
Since January 2026, she has served as Executive Director of CoLABOR.