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Isabel Santos
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
ConstituencyPorto
Personal details
Born
Maria Isabel Coelho Santos

(1968-02-12) 12 February 1968 (age 56)
Valbom, Gondomar,
Porto District, Portugal
Political partySocialist Party
Parents
  • Joaquim Fernando dos Anjos Coelho (father)
  • Maria Adelina Cardoso Coelho (mother)
Alma materUniversity of Porto
OccupationPolitician
Professioncivil 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.

Political career

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Member of the Portuguese Parliament

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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]

Member of the European Parliament

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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]

Other activities

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  • Fight Impunity, Member of the Honorary Board (–2022)[9][10]

References

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