Ana Vasconcelos Martins | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of the European Parliament for Portugal | |
Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ana Vasconcelos Martins 14 March 1985 Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal |
Political party | Liberal Initiative (2019–present) |
Other political affiliations | ALDE (2024–present) |
Alma mater | Catholic University of Portugal University of Oxford |
Occupation | Jurist • Politician |
Ana Vasconcelos Martins (born 14 March 1985) is a Portuguese politician of the Liberal Initiative who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024. [1] She serves as a vice president of the Liberal Initiative, [2] and was the party's lead candidate for the Azores constituency in the 2019 legislative election. [3] For the 2019 European Parliament election, she was an independent candidate in fourth place on the party's list. [4]
Martins was born on Terceira Island, and has lived in Lisbon since the age of 7. [5] She studied law and political science at the Catholic University of Portugal and political theory at the University of Oxford, where she also worked as a research assistant. [3]
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