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Isabel Santos
Portuguese politician
Maria Isabel Coelho Santos (born 12 February 1968, in Valbom, Gondomar)[1] is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party who has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 elections.
Isabel Santos | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Portugal | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 23 October 2015 – 2019 | |
| In office 10 March 2005 – 20 June 2011 | |
| Constituency | Porto |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maria Isabel Coelho Santos (1968-02-12) 12 February 1968 (age 56) Valbom, Gondomar, Porto District, Portugal |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
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| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | civil servant |
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Member of the Portuguese Parliament
Santos was a member of the Assembly of the Republic from 2015 until 2019 and from 2005 until 2011.[2] During her time in parliament, she served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In addition to her committee assignments, Santos was a member of the Portuguese delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. In this capacity, she served as the Assembly's vice-chair and led several election monitoring missions, including for the 2017 elections in Germany[3] and 2018 midterm elections in the United States.[4][5]
Member of the European Parliament
Since becoming a Member of the European Parliament, Santos has been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and of its Subcommittee on Human Rights. She is also a member of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), which oversees the Parliament's election observation missions.[6]
In addition to her committee assignments, Santos chairs the parliament's delegation for relations with the Mashriq countries and is a member of the delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. She is also part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity[7] and the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.[8]
- "Partido Socialista – Eleições para a Assembleia da República (Círculo Eleitoral do Porto)" Archived 20 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- "Biografia (Isabel Santos)". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- Highly competitive German elections a demonstration of faith in democracy, say international observers Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), press release of 25 September 2017.
- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to deploy election observation mission to the United States Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), press release of 30 October 2018.
- Christian Caryl (9 November 2018), Now I know what it feels like to live in a banana republic The Washington Post.
- Honorary Board Fight Impunity.
- Sarah Wheaton and Vincent Manancourt (11 December 2022), Big names bail from NGO caught up in EU Parliament graft scandal Politico Europe.
- Isabel Santos – Partido Socialista (in Portuguese)
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