Maria da Assunção Esteves
| Her Excellency Assunção Esteves | |
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| President of the Assembly of the Republic | |
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In office 21 June 2011 – 23 October 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jaime Gama |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
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In office 26 October 2009 – 23 October 2015 | |
| Constituency | Vila Real |
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In office 6 April 2002 – 20 June 2004 | |
| Constituency | Vila Real |
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In office 17 August 1987 – 2 August 1989 | |
| Constituency | Vila Real |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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In office 20 June 2004 – 13 July 2009 | |
| Constituency | Portugal |
| Judge of the Constitutional Court | |
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In office 2 August 1989 – 11 March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Raul Mateus da Silva |
| Succeeded by | Paulo Mota Pinto |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 October 1956 Valpaços, Valpaços, Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Profession | Jurist |
Maria da Assunção Andrade Esteves[1] (born October 15, 1956) is a Portuguese politician who was President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal from 2011 to 2015. She was a Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party–People's Party coalition, part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group,[2] from 2004 to 2009.
Life and career
Born in Valpaços, Valpaços, Assunção Esteves holds both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, where she was an assistant between 1989 and 1999. During that time, she was also a counseling judge at the Portuguese Constitutional Court from 1989 to 1998.
On 21 June 2011 she became the first female President of the Assembly of the Republic.[3]
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