Cláudia Bento
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Cláudia Bento | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | António Costa |
| Constituency | Vila Real |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cláudia Patrícia Quitério Bento 4 June 1983 |
| Party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Bruno Miguel Batista Lopes |
| Alma mater | University of Minho |
| Profession | Doctor |
Cláudia Bento (born 4 June 1983) is a Portuguese politician. A member of the centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD), Bento was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic in 2019 as a representative of the Vila Real constituency and re-elected in 2022.[1]
Cláudia Patrícia Quitério Bento was born on 4 June 1983 in Chaves, Portugal. Her parents were teachers who were posted in several different locations in Portugal, including Serra de Água in Madeira and in Setúbal, before returning to their home in Chaves in the north of the country. She trained in cardiopneumology at the School of Health at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto before gaining admission to the University of Minho to study medicine, obtaining an integrated masters in medicine in 2008.[1][2]
Career
In 2010 Bento became an intern at the Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (CHTMAD), in Vila Real, working in internal medicine and specialising in nephrology. She qualified as a doctor after five years and has worked at the same hospital since then, while also working at other clinics in the region.[2][3]