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Ana Vasconcelos Martins | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Portugal | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ana Vasconcelos Martins 14 March 1985 Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal |
| Political party | Liberal Initiative (2019–present) |
| Other political affiliations | ALDE (2024–present) |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Portugal University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Jurist • Political scientist • Politician |
Ana Vasconcelos Martins (born 14 March 1985) is a Portuguese jurist, political scientist and politician of the Liberal Initiative who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024[1].
Biography
[edit]Personal life
[edit]Martins was born on Terceira Island in 1985, has lived in Lisbon since the age of 7 and now divides her life between Lisbon and Brussels.[2]
Academia
[edit]Catholic University of Portugal
[edit]She studied law and political science at the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP) and was a research assistant and publications manager at UCP's Institute for Political Studies.[3][4]
University of Oxford
[edit]At the University of Oxford she read for the degree in Political Theory at St Anthony's College, with a particular interest in democratic checks on political power in the Digital Age. As a research associate of the Dahrendorf Programme at Oxford, she contributed to the Europe’s Stories Project whose podcast she also managed and co-hosted. She was a Europaeum Scholar, researching perceptions of democratic participation and belonging in the European Union.[4]
Politics
[edit]Entry into Politics
[edit]She was the lead candidate of Liberal Initiative (IL), as an independent, for the Azores constituency in the 2019 legislative election.[3] After joining the party, Martins served as a vice president of IL between 2023 and 2025 on the team of Rui Rocha.[5] During this period she headed the party's Policy Research unit, the ILab.[6]
European Parliament
[edit]For the 2019 European Parliament election, she was an independent candidate in fourth place on the party's list.[7][8] In 2024 she was elected a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for IL as the second name in a list headed by the party's former leader João Cotrim Figueiredo.[8] As her party is a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), she caucuses with the Renew Europe parliamentary group.[9][10]
EP Committees and Delegations
[edit]Martins is a full member of the standing Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety as well as a member of the Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.[11][12] Martins is also a member of the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology and is a substitute member of the standing Committee on Transport and Tourism.[12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ ""Freed from Desire". IL chega de Smart a Bruxelas, Cotrim ao volante, Ana Martins à pendura" (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Soldados na Ucrânia? "Temos de admitir a possibilidade"". Público (in Portuguese). 2 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Ana Martins é cabeça de lista da Iniciativa Liberal pelo círculo dos Açores". Açoriano Oriental (in Portuguese). 13 August 2019.
- ^ a b https://europeanmoments.com/sites/default/files/2023-05/europe-and-freedom-conference-brochure-20230419v2.pdf
- ^ "Iniciativa Liberal dá segundo lugar aos Açores na lista das Europeias". Açoriano Oriental (in Portuguese). 23 April 2024.
- ^ Observador, Agência Lusa. "IL tem novo gabinete de estudos e aposta em conselho consultivo com ex-governantes, ex-CDS e independentes". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ "Europeias 2019 - Candidatos". www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ a b "Eleições europeias. Quem são os 21 eurodeputados portugueses eleitos?" (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Our members in Portugal". ALDE Party. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ "Iniciativa Liberal". Renew Europe. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ "Members | Home | ENVI | Committees | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ a b "Home | Ana VASCONCELOS | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 1985-03-14. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ "Members | Home | Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
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