Maria Manuel Leitão Marques (born 23 August 1952) is a Portuguese politician of the

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who has been serving as a

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since 2019. She previously served as Minister of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation in the cabinet of

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António Costa .

Career in national politics

From 2015 until 2019, Leitão Marques represented the Viseu constituency in the Assembly of the Republic. Marques was the Secretary of State for the Administrative Modernization under the XVIII and XVII Constitutional Government of Portugal.

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

In the 2019 European elections, Leitão Marques ran on the list of Prime Minister António Costa's Socialist Party. She has since been serving as vice chair of the

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. In this capacity, she is the parliament’s

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on the European Commission’s 2022 proposal for a ban on the import and export of products made using forced labour. In addition to her committee assignments, Leitão Marques is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital.Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital

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1952 births Living people Government ministers of Portugal Women government ministers of Portugal Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians MEPs for Portugal 2019–2024 {{Portugal-politician-stub