Francisca Eugénia da Silva Dias Van Dunem (born 5 November 1955) is an Angolan-born Portuguese lawyer and politician who served as the Portuguese Minister of Justice from 26 November 2015 to 30 March 2022, in António Costa's XXI and XXII Constitutional Governments, and Minister of Internal Administration from 4 December 2021 to 30 March 2022.
[2] Van Dunem was born in 1955 in Luanda, then the capital of the Portuguese Overseas Province of Angola.
Her brother José Jacinto Van-Dúnem was murdered in a purge that occurred in Agostinho Neto's post-independence Angola that same year.
Van Dunem did not return to Angola and pursued a family life and a professional career in Portugal.
In early 2021, she faced calls for resignation amid revelations that her ministry had overstated the qualifications of its nominee for Portugal's seat at the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO).