Maria da Assunção Esteves
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Assunção Esteves | |
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President of the Assembly of the Republic | |
In office 21 June 2011 – 22 October 2015[1] | |
Preceded by | Jaime Gama |
Succeeded by | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues |
Member of the Assembly of the Republic[2][3] | |
In office 22 June 2011 – 22 October 2015 | |
Constituency | Lisbon |
In office 5 April 2002 – 20 June 2004 | |
Constituency | Vila Real |
In office 13 August 1987 – 2 August 1989 | |
Constituency | Vila Real |
Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 20 June 2004 – 13 July 2009 | |
Constituency | Portugal |
Justice of the Constitutional Court | |
In office August 1989 – March 1998 | |
Preceded by | Raul Mateus da Silva |
Succeeded by | Paulo Mota Pinto |
Personal details | |
Born | Valpaços, Portugal | 15 October 1956
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Spouse | José Lamego (divorced) |
Alma mater | Catholic University of Portugal |
Profession | Jurist |
Maria da Assunção Andrade Esteves[2] (born 15 October 1956) is a Portuguese politician who was President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal from 2011 to 2015. She was a Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party–People's Party coalition, part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group,[4] from 2004 to 2009.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Valpaços, Valpaços, Assunção Esteves holds both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, where she was an assistant between 1989 and 1999. During that time, she was also a Justice of the Portuguese Constitutional Court from 1989 to 1998.
On 21 June 2011 she became the first female President of the Assembly of the Republic.[5] At the time, being unable to receive both her salary of €5,219.15 as President of the Assembly and her retirement pension of €7,255, which she started receiving at the age of 42, for having been a Justice of the Portuguese Constitutional Court, she chose to keep her retirement pension. Additionally, she received €2,133 for work expenses.[6][7]
Honours
[edit]National
[edit]Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (11 November 2015[8])
Foreign
[edit]Mexico: Sash of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (17 August 2015)[9]
Peru: Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun (26 July 2013)[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Maria Assunção Esteves (n.1956)". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ a b Biografia
- ^ "As legislaturas da Assembleia da República". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ Deputados : Maria da Assunção ESTEVES
- ^ "Assunção Esteves eleita Presidente da Assembleia por maioria confortável - Política - PUBLICO.PT". Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011. (in Portuguese)
- ^ Pereira, Helena (20 November 2011). "Assunção Esteves optou por reforma de 7 mil euros" (in Portuguese). Sol. Retrieved 28 Feb 2016.
- ^ Redação/CLC (18 November 2011). "Assunção Esteves opta por mais de 7 mil euros de pensão" (in Portuguese). TVI24. Retrieved 28 Feb 2016.
- ^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Estrangeiras". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
External links
[edit] Media related to Maria da Assunção Esteves at Wikimedia Commons
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