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Maria Antónia Almeida Santos
Maria Antónia Moreno Areias de Almeida Santos (born 1962) is a Portuguese politician. As a member of the Socialist Party (Portugal), Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), she was briefly a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Assembly of the Republic during the 8th legislature. She returned to the Assembly in 2005 Portuguese legislative election, 2005 and has been re-elected in every national election since then, including the most recent in January 2022. She has served as chair of the Assembly's Health Committee. Early life and education Maria Antónia Moreno Areias de Almeida Santos was born on 14 February 1962 in Mozambique, where her parents were stationed. They had both studied law in Portugal and moved to what was then Portuguese Mozambique after marriage, where they had four daughters and a son. Her father was António de Almeida Santos, who became a leading figure in the Portuguese Socialist Party and was a former president of the Assembly of the Repub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assembly Of The Republic (Portugal)
The Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese: ''Assembleia da República'', ), commonly referred to as simply Parliament (Portuguese: ''Parlamento''), is the unicameral parliament of Portugal. According to the Constitution of Portugal, the parliament "is the representative assembly of all Portuguese citizens". The constitution names the assembly as one of the country's organs of supreme authority. It is located in a historical building in Lisbon, referred to as '' Palácio de São Bento'' (Palace of Saint Benedict), the site of an old Benedictine monastery. The ''Palácio de São Bento'' has been the seat of the Portuguese parliaments since 1834 (Cortes until 1910, Congress from 1911 to 1926 and National Assembly from 1933 to 1974). Powers and duties of the Assembly The Assembly of the Republic's powers derive from its ability to dismiss a government through a vote of no confidence, to change the country's laws, and to amend the constitution (which requires a majority of two-thirds). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
