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Isabel Santos | |
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Member of the European Parliament for Portugal | |
In office 1 July 2019 – 15 July 2024 | |
Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
In office 23 October 2015 – 2019 | |
In office 10 March 2005 – 20 June 2011 | |
Constituency | Porto |
Personal details | |
Born | Maria Isabel Coelho Santos 12 February 1968 Valbom, Gondomar, Porto District, Portugal |
Political party | Socialist Party |
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Alma mater | University of Porto |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | civil servant |
Maria Isabel Coelho Santos (born 12 February 1968)[1] is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party who was a Member of the European Parliament.
Santos was a member of the Assembly of the Republic from 2015 until 2019 and from 2005 until 2011.[2] During her time in parliament, she served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In addition to her committee assignments, Santos was a member of the Portuguese delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. In this capacity, she served as the Assembly's vice-chair and led several election monitoring missions, including for the 2017 elections in Germany[3] and 2018 midterm elections in the United States.[4][5]
Since becoming a Member of the European Parliament, Santos has been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and of its Subcommittee on Human Rights. She is also a member of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), which oversees the Parliament's election observation missions.[6]
In addition to her committee assignments, Santos chairs the parliament's delegation for relations with the Mashriq countries and is a member of the delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. She is also part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity[7] and the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.[8]