Joana Amaral Dias
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Joana Amaral Dias Terrinca | |
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.jpg) Amaral Dias in 2009 | |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 4 April 2002 – 9 March 2005 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joana Beatriz Nunes Vicente Amaral Dias 13 May 1975 |
| Citizenship | Portugal |
| Party | ADN (2024–present) |
| Other political affiliations | BE (2002–2014) PTP–MAS (2015) NC (2017) |
| Spouse(s) | Paulo Monteiro (div.) Pedro Pinto (m. 2022) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent | Carlos Amaral Dias (father) |
| Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
| Occupation | Clinical psychologist • Politician |
Joana Beatriz Nunes Vicente Amaral Dias (born 13 May 1973) is a Portuguese politician and clinical psychologist. She was a member of the Portuguese Parliament for the Left Bloc (2002–2005).[1] She was the National Democratic Alternative candidate to the 2026 Portuguese presidential election.[2]
Amaral Dias was the National Democratic Alternative head of list for the 2024 European Parliament election.[3]
She is the daughter of psychiatrist Carlos Amaral Dias. Besides clinical practice, university teaching and scientific research, she is the author of numerous papers and scholarly articles. In 2010 she published the book Maníacos de Qualidade ("Maniacs of Quality"),[4] a biographical and psychological analysis of historical figures in Portugal.
She attended the pharmacy program at the University of Coimbra as a freshwoman, however, she would graduate in psychology at the same university. She has a brother, Henrique, and a sister, Leonor. She is also half-sister of Carlota, from her father second marriage. Joana Amaral Dias is mother of a boy, Vicente, born in 1997 and girl, Luz born in 2016. Amaral Dias also formally adopted a boy in September 2019, though not many details have been released about the child.[5]
