Lara Martinho
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6 November 1978
Lara Martinho | |
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| Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal | |
| In office 2015 – January 2022 | |
| Parliamentary group | Portuguese Socialist Party (PS) |
| Constituency | Azores |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lara Fernandes Martinho 6 November 1978 New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States |
| Party |  Portuguese:Socialist Party (PS) |
| Spouse | Sandro Rebelo Paim |
| Alma mater | NOVA University Lisbon |
Lara Martinho (born 1978) is a Portuguese politician. A member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), she was a member of the Assembly of the Republic, representing the Autonomous Region of the Azores, from 2015 to January 2022.
Lara Fernandes Martinho was born on 6 November 1978 in New Bedford, Massachusetts in the USA. Her parents, who came from the Azores, had emigrated to America. However, after a decade, they decided to return to Portugal, when Lara was 5, to the family home on Terceira Island. She went to high school in Angra do Heroísmo on Terceira before moving to the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, to study at NOVA University Lisbon, where she graduated in Political Science and International Relations. She then completed a master's degree in international relations at the University of the Azores, with a thesis on the returnees to the Azores from the United States and Canada. She later obtained an MBA from the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, taking a course in Leadership Training at Harvard Kennedy School in the USA.[1][2][3]