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Maria da Assunção Esteves

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Assunção Esteves
Esteves in 2015
President of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
21 June 2011 – 22 October 2015[1]
Preceded byJaime Gama
Succeeded byEduardo Ferro Rodrigues
Member of the Assembly of the Republic[2][3]
In office
22 June 2011 – 22 October 2015
ConstituencyLisbon
In office
5 April 2002 – 20 June 2004
ConstituencyVila Real
In office
13 August 1987 – 2 August 1989
ConstituencyVila Real
Member of the European Parliament
In office
20 June 2004 – 13 July 2009
ConstituencyPortugal
Justice of the Constitutional Court
In office
August 1989 – March 1998
Preceded byRaul Mateus da Silva
Succeeded byPaulo Mota Pinto
Personal details
Born (1956-10-15) 15 October 1956 (age 68)
Valpaços, Portugal
Political partySocial Democratic Party
SpouseJosé Lamego (divorced)
Alma materCatholic University of Portugal
ProfessionJurist

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 PartyPeople's Party coalition, part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group,[4] from 2004 to 2009.

Life and career

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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

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National

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Foreign

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References

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  1. ^ "Maria Assunção Esteves (n.1956)". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b Biografia
  3. ^ "As legislaturas da Assembleia da República". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  4. ^ Deputados : Maria da Assunção ESTEVES
  5. ^ "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)
  6. ^ Pereira, Helena (20 November 2011). "Assunção Esteves optou por reforma de 7 mil euros" (in Portuguese). Sol. Retrieved 28 Feb 2016.
  7. ^ Redação/CLC (18 November 2011). "Assunção Esteves opta por mais de 7 mil euros de pensão" (in Portuguese). TVI24. Retrieved 28 Feb 2016.
  8. ^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Estrangeiras". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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Political offices
Preceded by President of the Assembly of the Republic
2011–2015
Succeeded by