Margarida Isabel Mano Tavares Simões Lopes (born 3 December 1963) is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Education and Science in 2015. Mano has a master's degree in economics from the

University of Coimbra The University of Coimbra (UC; pt, Universidade de Coimbra, ) is a Public university, public research university in Coimbra, Portugal. First established in Lisbon in 1290, it went through a number of relocations until moving permanently to Coi ...

and a PhD in management from the

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

. She is a member of the

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and was elected to the Assembly of the Republic by the Coimbra constituency in 2015.

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