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Maria da Assunção Esteves

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Andrade and the second or paternal family name is Esteves.
Her Excellency
Assunção Esteves
GCC
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 Party–People'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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