Maria Manuel Leitão Marques

Maria Manuel Leitão Marques (born 23 August 1952) is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party[3] who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She previously served as Minister of the Premiership and of Administrative Modernisation since 26 November 2015.[2] From 2015 until 2019, she 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.[2]

Maria Manuel Leitão Marques
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
Constituency	Portugal
Minister of the Premiership and of Administrative Modernisation
In office 26 November 2015 – 2019
Prime Minister	António Costa[1]
Personal details
Born	(1952-08-23) 23 August 1952 Quelimane, Mozambique[2]
Political party	Socialist Party

In the 2019 European elections, Leitão Marques ran on the list of Prime Minister António Costa's Socialist Party.[4] She has since been serving as vice chair of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

References

1. Marques, Christopher (24 November 2015). "António Costa indigitado: a lista dos novos ministros de Portugal" (in Portuguese). Radio and Television of Portugal. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
2. "Maria Manuel Leitão Marques". portugal.gov.pt. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
3. "MARIA MANUEL LEITÃO MARQUES". revistafrontline.com (in Portuguese). 6 November 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
4. Maïa de La Baume and Lili Bayer (May 15, 2019), The 14 women who could take over the EU Politico Europe.