Maria da Assunção Esteves
| Her Excellency Assunção Esteves | |
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| President of the Assembly of the Republic | |
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In office 21 June 2011 – 23 October 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jaime Gama |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
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In office 26 October 2009 – 23 October 2015 | |
| Constituency | Vila Real |
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In office 6 April 2002 – 20 June 2004 | |
| Constituency | Vila Real |
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In office 17 August 1987 – 2 August 1989 | |
| Constituency | Vila Real |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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In office 20 June 2004 – 13 July 2009 | |
| Constituency | Portugal |
| Judge of the Constitutional Court | |
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In office 2 August 1989 – 11 March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Raul Mateus da Silva |
| Succeeded by | Paulo Mota Pinto |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 October 1956 Valpaços, Valpaços, Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Profession | Jurist |
Maria da Assunção Andrade Esteves[1] (born October 15, 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,[2] from 2004 to 2009.
Life and career
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 counseling judge at the Portuguese Constitutional Court from 1989 to 1998.
On 21 June 2011 she became the first female President of the Assembly of the Republic.[3] 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 judge of the Portuguese Constitutional Court, she chose to keep her retirement pension. Additionally, she received €2,133 for work expenses.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Biografia
- ↑ Deputados : Maria da Assunção ESTEVES
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20110624041119/http://www.publico.pt:80/Pol%C3%ADtica/assuncao-esteves-eleita-presidente-da-assembleia-por-maioria-confortavel_1499675. Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011. Missing or empty
|title=(help) (in Portuguese) - ↑ Pereira, Helena (20 November 2011). "Assunção Esteves optou por reforma de 7 mil euros" (in Portuguese). Sol. Retrieved 28 Feb 2016.
- ↑ Redação/CLC (18 November 2011). "Assunção Esteves opta por mais de 7 mil euros de pensão" (in Portuguese). TVI24. Retrieved 28 Feb 2016.
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