Lídia Pereira
{{short description|Portuguese politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
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| party = Social Democratic Party
| image = Lídia Pereira at EPP Political Assembly, 4 February 2019 (33108891538) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Lídia Pereira in 2019
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| term_start = 2 November 2018
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|07|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Coimbra, Portugal
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| alma_mater = University of Coimbra
| occupation = Economist • Politician
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| otherparty = Social Democratic Youth
| office1 = Member of the European Parliament
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| termstart1 = 2 July 2019
| birth_name = Ana Lídia Fernandes Oliveira Pereira
| office = President of the Youth of the European People's Party
| predecessor = Andrianos Giannou
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Ana Lídia Fernandes Oliveira Pereira (born 26 July 1991){{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Lídia PEREIRA {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197738/LIDIA_PEREIRA/home |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=www.europarl.europa.eu |language=en}} is a Portuguese politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She is also president of the Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP).{{Cite web |title=Conimbricense Lídia Pereira vai liderar Juventude do Partido Popular Europeu |url=https://www.noticiasdecoimbra.pt/conimbricense-lidia-pereira-vai-liderar-juventude-do-partido-popular-europeu/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |language=pt}}
Early life and education
Pereira has a degree in Economics from the University of Coimbra and a MSc in European Economic Studies from the College of Europe.{{cite news |title=Conimbricense Lídia Pereira é candidata a Presidente da Juventude do Partido Popular Europeu |url=https://www.noticiasdecoimbra.pt/conimbricense-lidia-pereira-e-candidata-a-presidente-da-juventude-do-partido-popular-europeu/ |access-date=5 February 2021 |publisher=Notícias de Coimbra |date=30 September 2018|language=Portuguese}}{{cite news |last1=Freire |first1=Manuel Carlos |last2=Cruz |first2=Bárbara |title=Lídia Pereira chegou tarde à política mas é número dois do PSD nas europeias |url=https://www.dn.pt/poder/rio-escolhe-lider-da-juventude-do-ppe-para-n-dois-da-lista-ao-pe-10668094.html |access-date=5 February 2021 |publisher=Diário de Notícias |date=11 March 2019 |language=Portuguese}}
Political career
In the 2019 European elections Pereira was the first politician to run a carbon neutral political campaign, drawing attention to climate change. As number 2 in the list she stood out as a political renewal of Portuguese MEPs. Since joining the European Parliament, she has been serving as her parliamentary group's deputy coordinator in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and as member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197738 Her MEP profile] In 2020, she also joined the Subcommittee on Tax Matters.[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sed/doc/news/flash/24221/Full%20Members%20new%20committees_09-07-2020_en.pdf Members of the Subcommittee on Tax Matters] European Parliament, press release of 9 July 2020.
In addition to her committee assignments, Pereira is part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-anti-corruption.pdf Intergroup on Anti-Corruption] European Parliament. and the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.[http://www.searica.eu/intergroup/members-2019-2024 Members 2019-2024] European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.
In 2021, Pereira was part of the European Parliament's official delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/resources/library/media/20211011RES14630/20211011RES14630.pdf European Parliament Delegation to COP26, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 9-13 November 2021] European Parliament.
In June 2023, Pereira was the recipient of the Youth Champion Award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards{{cite news|url=https://www.mepawards.eu/winners-2023/|title=MEP Awards: Winners 2022|date=27 June 2023|work=The Parliament Magazine|accessdate=24 August 2023}}
In April 2024, she was elected vice-president of the EPP group after Paulo Rangel’s departure to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-17 |title=Lídia Pereira (PSD) elected EPP vice-president after Rangel's departure |url=https://www.portugalpulse.com/lidia-pereira-psd-elected-epp-vice-president-after-rangels-departure/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |language=en-US}}
Other activities
- UNITE – Parliamentary Network to End HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Other Infectious Diseases, Member (since 2019)[https://unitenetwork.org/western-central-europe/ Members – Western & Central Europe]
References
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Category:MEPs for Portugal 2019–2024
Category:21st-century women MEPs for Portugal
Category:Social Democratic Party (Portugal) MEPs
Category:MEPs for Portugal 2024–2029
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