Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão (born 10 April 1951) is an East Timorese journalist, author, university teacher and former Minister of Justice.

[1] From 2004-2005, Carrascalão was the director of the bilingual Tetum/Portuguese newspaper Lia Foun in East Timor, and a correspondent for the Australian radio broadcaster SBS.

[1] In 2007, Carrascalão ran as a Timorese Democratic Union candidate in the parliamentary elections, at ninth place in the party's list.

[citation needed] From 2005 to 2010, Carrascalão studied law at the National University of East Timor and graduated with a doctorate.

[1][3] In 2013, she was also appointed by President Taur Matan Ruak as a member of the Conselho de Opinião of Radio-Televisão Timor Leste for four years.