Ana Catarina Mendes

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Ana Catarina Mendes
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Deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic
Assumed office
1995
ConstituencySetúbal
Personal details
Born
Ana Catarina Veiga Santos Mendonça Mendes

(1973-01-14) 14 January 1973 (age 48)
Coimbra, Portugal
Political party Portuguese:
Socialist Party (PS)
Spouse(s)Paulo Pedroso
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon
ISCTE

Ana Catarina Mendes (born 1973) is a Portuguese politician. As member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS) she has been a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic since 1995 and, as from 2019, has led the party in the National Assembly.

Early life[]

Ana Catarina Veiga Santos Mendonça Mendes was born in Coimbra on 14 January 1973. She obtained an undergraduate law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and a master's degree in New Frontiers of Law at the ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon. Becoming a socialist at an early age, Mendes led the Almada and the Setúbal District Federation of Socialist Youth (Juventude Socialista), the youth wing of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS). She married Paulo Pedroso but they are now divorced.[1][2][3]

Political career[]

Mendes served as a councillor in the Almada municipality from 1993 to 1997 and was elected to the national Assembly of the Republic in 1995 as a representative of the PS for the Setúbal District, a position she continues to occupy. From 2015 to 2019 she served as Assistant Secretary-General of the PS. Since 2019, she has been the Socialist Party's first female Parliamentary Leader and has announced her intention to promote further diversity within the Parliamentary party.[1][2][4]

Broadcasting[]

Since early 2018 Mendes has been a regular political commentator on Portuguese television, beginning with Televisão Independente (TVI) and the radio station TSF, then moving to a weekly programme on the SIC Notícias television channel, before moving back to TVI.[5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Biografia Ana Catarina Veiga Santos Mendonça Mendes". Assembleia de República. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Registo de Interesses". Assembleia de República. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Ana Catarina Mendes sai em defesa de Paulo Pedroso". Sábado. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Ana Catarina Mendes eleita secretária-geral adjunta do PS com 84,84% dos votos". Observador. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Ana Catarina Mendes substitui Jorge Coelho na Circulatura do Quadrado". Público. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Ana Catarina Mendes na Circulatura do Quadrado". Cision. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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