Maria da Assunção Esteves
Portuguese politician
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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.
Assunção Esteves | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Esteves in 2015 | |
| President of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 21 June 2011 – 22 October 2015[1] | |
| Preceded by | Jaime Gama |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic[2][3] | |
| In office 22 June 2011 – 22 October 2015 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| In office 5 April 2002 – 20 June 2004 | |
| Constituency | Vila Real |
| In office 13 August 1987 – 2 August 1989 | |
| Constituency | Vila Real |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 20 June 2004 – 13 July 2009 | |
| Constituency | Portugal |
| Justice of the Constitutional Court | |
| In office August 1989 – March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Raul Mateus da Silva |
| Succeeded by | Paulo Mota Pinto |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1956 |
| Party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse | José Lamego (divorced) |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Portugal |
| Profession | Jurist |
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 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
National
Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (11 November 2015[8])
Foreign
Mexico: Sash of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (17 August 2015)[9]
Peru: Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun (26 July 2013)[9]
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