Maria Manuel Leitão Marques
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Maria Manuel Leitão Marques | |
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_Horasis_Global_Meeting_-_Grand_Opening_(cropped).jpg) Leitão Marques in 2018 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 15 July 2024 | |
| Constituency | Portugal |
| Minister of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation | |
| In office 26 November 2015 – 18 February 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | António Costa |
| Preceded by | Rui Medeiros |
| Succeeded by | Mariana Vieira da Silva |
| Secretary of State of Administrative Modernisation | |
| In office 17 May 2007 – 21 June 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | José Sócrates |
| Minister | Pedro Silva Pereira |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 23 October 2015 – 1 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | Viseu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 August 1952 Quelimane, Portuguese Mozambique |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse | Vital Moreira |
| Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
| Occupation | Jurist • Politician |
Maria Manuel Leitão Marques (born 23 August 1952) is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party[1] who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She previously served as Minister of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation in the cabinet of Prime Minister António Costa since 26 November 2015[update].[2]
Career in national politics
[edit]From 2015 until 2019, Leitão Marques represented the Viseu constituency in the Assembly of the Republic. Marques was the Secretary of State for the Administrative Modernization under the XVIII and XVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal.[2]
Member of the European Parliament, 2019–2024
[edit]In the 2019 European elections, Leitão Marques ran on the list of Prime Minister António Costa's Socialist Party.[3] She has since been serving as vice chair of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. In this capacity, she is the parliament’s rapporteur on the European Commission’s 2022 proposal for a ban on the import and export of products made using forced labour.[4]
In addition to her committee assignments, Leitão Marques is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "MARIA MANUEL LEITÃO MARQUES". revistafrontline.com (in Portuguese). 6 November 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Maria Manuel Leitão Marques". portugal.gov.pt. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. 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.
- ^ Silvia Ellena (12 April 2023), Progress on forced labour products ban too slow, says leading rapporteur Euractiv.
- ^ Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital European Parliament.
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