Mariana Leitão | |
|---|---|
| President of the Parliamentary Group of the Liberal Initiative | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Rodrigo Saraiva |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2024 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mariana de Lemos Quintão Correia Leitão 28 September 1982 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Liberal Initiative |
| Alma mater | Lusíada University of Lisbon |
Mariana de Lemos Quintão Correia Leitão (born 1982) is a Portuguese politician, business administrator and international contract bridge competitor. In the March 2024 national election she was elected to the Assembly of the Republic as one of eight members of the centre-right Liberal Initiative (IL) party. She was then elected unanimously by the other seven as the parliamentary leader of the party.[1][2]
Early life and education[edit]
Leitão was born in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon on 28 September 1982. She graduated in 2005 in international relations, from the Lusíada University of Lisbon. Since then, she has taken three post-graduate courses: in business management, from the European University of Lisbon, in international management from ISCTE in Lisbon, and in data science and business analytics from the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG) in Lisbon. From graduation to 2019 she worked in the field of business administration.[3][4][5]
Political career[edit]
Leitão joined the IL in 2019. Living in Oeiras, she was elected as a member of the municipal assembly of Oeiras in October 2021. She served as president of the party's national council in 2022 and 2023. From March 2023 she worked in the national assembly as the chief of staff of the IL. In the March 2024 national election she was second on the IL list of candidates for the Lisbon constituency and was duly elected when the party won three seats.[2][3][4][5][6]
Private life[edit]
Leitão has two daughters. A bridge player since 2008, she has represented Portugal at the 2018 and 2022 European Bridge Championships and at the 2022 World Bridge Championships. She has been a member of the Portuguese Bridge Federation since 2011 and was president of the Lisbon Regional Bridge Association for the 2021-2024 period.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "BiografiaMariana Leitão IL". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Mariana Leitão: impostos e círculo de compensação afastaram IL e PSD". Público. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Mariana Leitão é a nova líder parlamentar da Iniciativa Liberal". Observador. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "Mariana Leitão Membro da Assembleia Municipal". Iniciativa Liberal. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Mariana Leitão". LinkedIn. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Eleições Legislativas 2024: Deputados Eleitos". CNN. Retrieved 9 April 2024.