Inês de Medeiros
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Inês de Saint-Maurice Esteves de Medeiros Victorino de Almeida (born 15 April 1968)[1] is a Portuguese actress and politician. She won a Golden Globe in 1996. A member of the Socialist Party, she was a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic from 2009 to 2016, and mayor of Almada from 2017.
Early life and acting[]
Medeiros was born in Vienna, Austria, where her father António Victorino de Almeida was a conductor, while her mother Maria Armanda Esteves was a journalist. Her sister Maria is also an actress. The family moved regularly until the Carnation Revolution in Portugal in 1974; the settled in Lisbon the year after.[2]
Medeiros made her cinematic debut in 1981's A Culpa, directed by her father.[2] In 1996, she won a Golden Globe.[3]
Politics[]
In the October 2009 elections, Medeiros was elected to the Assembly of the Republic for the Lisbon District, representing the Socialist Party (PS).[4] She commuted to the legislature from her home in Paris, with the tickets being reimbursed by the state as if they were flights between Lisbon and the Azores, €620 return. This was in agreement with pre-existing legislation around deputies from that archipelago. PS parliamentary leader Francisco Assis said of the matter "On a scale of zero to 100 of the main problems in this country [with zero as the highest], this subject must come 300th".[5] She was re-elected in 2011 and 2015, the latter time by the Setúbal District.[6]
In the 2017 municipal elections, Medeiros became mayor of Almada after forming a coalition with the Social Democratic Party; the result ended the hegemony of the Communist Party that had existed in the city since the first democratic elections in 1976.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Biografia" [Biography] (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Bruno, Cátia (5 October 2017). "Inês de Medeiros. A vida e as polémicas da mulher que tirou Almada ao PCP" [Inês de Medeiros. The life and the controversies of the woman who took Almada from the PCP]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Todos os vencedores da história dos Globos de Ouro" [All the winners in the history of the Golden Globes]. Caras (in Portuguese). 19 May 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ Pires, Patricia (15 October 2019). "Inês de Medeiros, de actriz a deputada" [Inês de Medeiros, from actress to deputy] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Viagens de Inês de Medeiros custam até 2500 euros por mês" [Inês de Medeiros's travels cost up to 2500 euros per month]. Público (in Portuguese). 23 April 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Estes são os 18 deputados eleitos pelo distrito de Setúbal" [These are the 18 deputies elected by the Setúbal District] (in Portuguese). Distrito. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ Pincha, João Pedro (3 November 2017). "Inês de Medeiros coliga-se com o PSD em Almada" [Inês de Medeiros forms coalition with the PSD in Almada]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Actresses from Vienna
- Actresses from Lisbon
- Portuguese film actresses
- Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians
- Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
- Women members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
- Mayors of places in Portugal
- Women mayors of places in Portugal