Isabel Santos
{{Short description|Portuguese politician (born 1968)}}
{{Not to be confused|Isabel dos Santos}}
{{Portuguese name|Coelho|Santos}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Isabel Santos
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), Chair of the OSCE PA's human rights committee, Copenhagen, 27 April 2015 (cropped).jpg
| office = Member of the European Parliament
for Portugal
| term_start = 1 July 2019
| term_end = 15 July 2024
| office1 = Member of the Assembly of the Republic
| term_start2 = 23 October 2015
| term_end2 = 2019
| term_start3 = 10 March 2005
| term_end3 = 20 June 2011
| constituency3 = Porto
| birth_name = Maria Isabel Coelho Santos
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1968|2|12}}
| birth_place = Valbom, Gondomar,
Porto District, Portugal
| nationality = Portuguese
| party = Socialist Party
| mother = Maria Adelina Cardoso Coelho
| father = Joaquim Fernando dos Anjos Coelho
| spouse =
| alma_mater = University of Porto
| occupation = Politician
| profession = civil servant
| website =
| signature =
}}
Maria Isabel Coelho Santos (born 12 February 1968)[http://www.cm-pvarzim.pt/municipio/actos-eleitorais-e-referendos/eleicoes-legislativas-2015/listas-de-candidatos-definitivamente-admitidas/03-ps.pdf "Partido Socialista – Eleições para a Assembleia da República (Círculo Eleitoral do Porto)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020090055/http://www.cm-pvarzim.pt/municipio/actos-eleitorais-e-referendos/eleicoes-legislativas-2015/listas-de-candidatos-definitivamente-admitidas/03-ps.pdf |date=20 October 2016 }} {{in lang|pt}}. Retrieved 21 November 2017. 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.{{cite web|title=Biografia (Isabel Santos) |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=2103 |website=parlamento.pt |language=Portuguese |publisher=Assembly of the Republic |access-date=21 November 2017}} 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[https://www.osce.org/parliamentary-assembly/345571 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. and the 2018 midterm elections in the United States.[https://www.osce.org/parliamentary-assembly/401546 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.Christian Caryl (9 November 2018), [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2018/11/09/now-i-know-what-it-feels-like-to-live-in-a-banana-republic/ Now I know what it feels like to live in a banana republic] The Washington Post.
=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.[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/globaldemocracysupport/en/home/democracy-group.html Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG)] European Parliament
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[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-anti-racism-diversity.pdf Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity] European Parliament. and the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.[https://lgbti-ep.eu/who-we-are/members/ Members] European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
Other activities
- Fight Impunity, Member of the Honorary Board (–2022)[https://www.fightimpunity.com/who-we-are Honorary Board] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407050452/https://www.fightimpunity.com/who-we-are |date=7 April 2023 }} Fight Impunity.Sarah Wheaton and Vincent Manancourt (11 December 2022), [https://www.politico.eu/article/big-names-bail-from-ngo-caught-up-in-eu-parliament-graft-scandal/ Big names bail from NGO caught up in EU Parliament graft scandal] Politico Europe.
References
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External links
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- {{URL|www.ps.pt/2016/06/01/isabel-santos/|Isabel Santos – Partido Socialista}} {{in lang|pt}}
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Category:People from Gondomar, Portugal
Category:Portuguese civil servants
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Category:20th-century Portuguese women politicians
Category:20th-century Portuguese politicians
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Category:Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians
Category:Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
Category:Women members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
Category:MEPs for Portugal 2019–2024
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