Marisa Matias

Marisa Matias

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
14 July 2009
ConstituencyPortugal
Personal details
Born
Marisa Isabel dos Santos Matias

(1976-02-20) 20 February 1976 (age 48)
Coimbra, Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
Political party Portugal: Left Bloc
 EU: GUE-NGL
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionSociologist
WebsiteEU Personal Profile

Marisa Isabel dos Santos Matias (born 20 February 1976) is a Portuguese sociologist and politician. She is a Member of the European Parliament, elected for the first time in 2009.[1] Between 2010 and 2016 she was Vice-President of the Party of the European Left.

In November 2015, Matias announced her candidacy for President of Portugal in the 2016 elections, representing the Left Bloc party.[2] She was also a candidate for Left Bloc in the 2021 Portuguese presidential election in which she came 5th, with 3.95% of the vote.

References

  1. ↑ "Marisa MATIAS | Home | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  2. ↑ "Marisa Matias é a mulher mais votada de sempre em presidenciais" (in European Portuguese).