Isabel Santos
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
ConstituencyPorto
Personal details
Born
Maria Isabel Coelho Santos

(1968-02-12) 12 February 1968 (age 55)
Valbom, Gondomar,
Porto District, Portugal
Political partySocialist Party
Parents
  • Joaquim Fernando dos Anjos Coelho (father)
  • Maria Adelina Cardoso Coelho (mother)
OccupationPolitician
Professioncivil servant

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.

Political career

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]

Other activities

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Biografia (Isabel Santos)". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Christian Caryl (9 November 2018), Now I know what it feels like to live in a banana republic The Washington Post.
  6. ^ Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) European Parliament
  7. ^ Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity European Parliament.
  8. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  9. ^ Honorary Board Fight Impunity.
  10. ^ Sarah Wheaton and Vincent Manancourt (11 December 2022), Big names bail from NGO caught up in EU Parliament graft scandal Politico Europe.

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