Maria Manuel Leitão Marques
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Maria Manuel Leitão Marques | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Constituency | Portugal |
Minister of the Premiership and of Administrative Modernisation | |
In office 26 November 2015 – 2019 | |
Prime Minister | António Costa[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Quelimane, Mozambique[2] | 23 August 1952
Political party | Socialist Party |
Maria Manuel Leitão Marques (born 23 August 1952) is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party[3] who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She previously served as Minister of the Premiership and of Administrative Modernisation since 26 November 2015.[2] From 2015 until 2019, she represented the Viseu constituency in the Assembly of the Republic. Marques was the Secretary of State for the Administrative Modernization under the XVIII and .[2]
In the 2019 European elections, Leitão Marques ran on the list of Prime Minister António Costa's Socialist Party.[4] She has since been serving as vice chair of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.
References[]
- ^ Marques, Christopher (24 November 2015). "António Costa indigitado: a lista dos novos ministros de Portugal" (in Portuguese). Radio and Television of Portugal. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Maria Manuel Leitão Marques". portugal.gov.pt. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "MARIA MANUEL LEITÃO MARQUES". revistafrontline.com (in Portuguese). 6 November 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ Maïa de La Baume and Lili Bayer (May 15, 2019), The 14 women who could take over the EU Politico Europe.
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- Government ministers of Portugal
- Women government ministers of Portugal
- Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians
- MEPs for Portugal 2019–2024
- Portuguese politician stubs