Isabel Santos

Not to be confused with Isabel dos Santos.
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Coelho and the second or paternal family name is Santos.

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

Member of the Portuguese Parliament

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

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

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

References

  1. ^ "Partido Socialista – Eleições para a Assembleia da República (Círculo Eleitoral do Porto)" Archived 20 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Biografia (Isabel Santos)". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  3. ^ Highly competitive German elections a demonstration of faith in democracy, say international observers Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), press release of 25 September 2017.
  4. ^ OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to deploy election observation mission to the United States Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), press release of 30 October 2018.
  5. ^ Christian Caryl (9 November 2018), Now I know what it feels like to live in a banana republic The Washington Post.
  6. ^ Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) European Parliament
  7. ^ Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity European Parliament.
  8. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  9. ^ Honorary Board Archived 7 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine Fight Impunity.
  10. ^ Sarah Wheaton and Vincent Manancourt (11 December 2022), Big names bail from NGO caught up in EU Parliament graft scandal Politico Europe.
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