Margarida Marques
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Margarida Marques | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Portugal | |
| In office 1 July 2019 – 15 July 2024 | |
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| Born | 3 February 1954 Bombarral, Portugal |
| Party | Socialist Party |
Maria Margarida Ferreira Marques[1] (born 3 February 1954) is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party who served as a Member of the European Parliament between 2019 and 2024.[2]
In 1994 Marques moved to Brussels where she started working for the European Commission, first in the Directorate-General for Education and Culture (DG EAC), then in the Directorate-General for Communication (DG COMM). She subsequently held the position of European Commission representative in Portugal from 2005 to 2011.
Career in national politics
From 2015 until 2019, Marques was a member of the Parliament of Portugal. During that time, she served as State Secretary for European Affairs in the government of Prime Minister António Costa from 2015 until 2017.
