Marta Temido
{{Short description|Portuguese politician (born 1974)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Marta Temido
| image = 1718281763869 20240612 TEMIDO Marta PT 007.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2024
| office = Member of the European Parliament
for Portugal
| term_start = 16 July 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office2 = {{MP PT}}
| birth_name = Marta Alexandra Fartura Braga Temido
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|3|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Coimbra, Portugal
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Socialist Party (2021–present)
| alma_mater = University of Coimbra
NOVA University of Lisbon
| term_start2 = 10 September 2022
| constituency2 = Coimbra (2022–2024)
Lisbon (2024)
| office3 = President of the Socialist Party of Lisbon
| term_start3 = 6 February 2023
| term_end3 = 6 July 2024
| predecessor3 = Davide Amado
| successor3 = Davide Amado
| otherparty = Independent (until 2021)
| spouse = {{marriage|Jorge de Almeida Simões|2010}}
| office1 = Minister of Health
| termstart1 = 15 October 2018
| primeminister1 = António Costa
| predecessor1 = Adalberto Campos Fernandes
| termend1 = 10 September 2022
| successor1 = Manuel Pizarro
| termend2 = 15 July 2024
| children = 2 stepchildren
}}
Marta Alexandra Fartura Braga Temido de Almeida Simões (born 2 March 1974){{cite web|url=https://expresso.sapo.pt/politica/2018-10-14-Marta-Temido-subsititui-Adalberto-Campos-Fernandes-na-Saude|title=Marta Temido subsititui Adalberto Campos Fernandes na Saúde|work=Expresso|date=14 October 2018|accessdate=15 October 2018|language=pt}} is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Health under Prime Minister António Costa, between 15 October 2018 and 10 September 2022.Axel Bugge (October 14, 2018), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-portugal-government/portugals-premier-reshuffles-cabinet-appoints-new-economy-minister-idUSKCN1MO0L0 Portugal's premier reshuffles cabinet, appoints new economy minister] Reuters.{{cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/2018/10/14/politica/noticia/gomes-cravinho-e-ministro-da-defesa-marta-temido-da-saude-graca-fonseca-da-cultura-e-siza-vieira-da-economia-1847472|title=Uma remodelação com peso político|work=Público|date=14 October 2018|first=São José|last=Almeida|accessdate=15 October 2018|language=pt}} She submitted her resignation from the post on 30 August 2022 and ended her functions on 10 September 2022.
Initially she was an Independent minister, invited to perform the role without affiliation to the governing parties, but in August 2021 she joined the Socialist Party (PS).{{cite web |title=Marta Temido, a gestora da Saúde está no Governo pela terceira vez |url=https://sicnoticias.pt/pais/governo/marta-temido-a-gestora-da-saude-esta-no-governo-pela-terceira-vez/ |website=SIC Noticias |access-date=25 March 2022}}
Temido was elected a Member of the European Parliament in the June 2024 European election, and formally took her seat in the Tenth European Parliament on 16 July.{{cite news |last=Jerónimo |first=Mariana |date=9 June 2024 |title=Quem são os 21 eurodeputados que Portugal vai enviar para o Parlamento Europeu? |trans-title=Who are the 21 MEPs that Portugal is sending to the European Parliament? |url=https://sicnoticias.pt/especiais/europeias-2024/2024-06-09-quem-sao-os-21-eurodeputados-que-portugal-vai-enviar-para-o-parlamento-europeu--c5d80c59 |language=pt |work=SIC Notícias |access-date=10 June 2024}}
Early life and education
Temido has a law degree and a master's degree in health economics and management from the University of Coimbra, as well as a PhD in international health from the NOVA University of Lisbon.
Career
Before taking on government duties, Temido was deputy director of the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical at NOVA University of Lisbon, non-executive chairman of the administration of the Hospital da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (Portuguese Red Cross) and a member of the administration of several public hospitals. From 2016 to 2017, Temido served as the president of the board of directors of the Central Administration of the Health System (ACSS).{{cite web|url=https://www.algarvedailynews.com/news/15293-new-ministers-for-defence-culture-health-and-economy|title=New ministers for Defence, Culture, Health and Economy|work=Algarve Daily News|date=19 April 2022|accessdate=15 October 2018}}
Temido became well-known in Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic, appearing almost daily at press conferences. When Portugal held the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2021, Temido chaired the meetings of its Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council, in which she stressed the need for the EU to make joint purchases of vaccines.Gabriela Baczynska (6 January 2021), [https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/individual-covid-vaccine-deals-cannot-undermine-eu-joint-orders-portugal-says-2021-01-08/ Individual COVID vaccine deals cannot undermine EU joint orders, Portugal says] Reuters.
After resigning from the position of Minister of Health in September 2022, Temido has been serving as an MP from the district of Coimbra in the Assembly of the Republic. Being speculated as the socialist candidate for the next Lisbon Mayoral Election as well as a possible contender for the next Socialist Leadership Election, Temido was elected in July 2023 as the Chair of the Lisbon Socialist Party and was appointed, alongside the minister Ana Catarina Mendes, as one of the possible candidates of the Socialist List for the 2024 European Parliament election.
Electoral history
=European Parliament election, 2024=
{{Main|2024 European Parliament election in Portugal}}
{{election table|title=Ballot: 9 June 2024}}
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|PS
| align=left |Marta Temido || 1,268,915 || 32.1 || 8 || style="color:red;"| –1
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 2024)}};"|
| align="left"|AD
| align=left |Sebastião Bugalho || 1,229,895 || 31.1 || 7 || ±0
|-
| style="background:#202056;"|
| align="left"| Chega
| align=left |António Tânger Corrêa || 387,068 || 9.8 || 2 || style="color:green;"| +2
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Initiative}};"|
| align="left"| IL
| align=left |João Cotrim de Figueiredo || 358,811 || 9.1 || 2 || style="color:green;"| +2
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"| BE
| align=left |Catarina Martins || 168,107 || 4.3 || 1 || style="color:red;"| –1
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|
| align="left"| CDU
| align=left |João Oliveira || 162,630 || 4.1 || 1 || style="color:red;"| –1
|-
| style="background:{{party color|LIVRE}};"|
| align="left"| Livre
| align=left |Francisco Paupério || 148,572 || 3.8 || 0 || ±0
|-
| style="background:#1D4E89;"|
| align="left"| ADN
| align=left |Joana Amaral Dias || 54,120 || 1.4 || 0 || ±0
|-
| style="background:teal;"|
| align="left"| PAN
| align=left |Pedro Fidalgo Marques || 48,006 || 1.2 || 0 || style="color:red;"| –1
|-
| style="background:white;"|
| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties
| 48,647 || 1.2 || 0 || ±0
|-
| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots
| 77,208 || 2.0 || – || –
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout
| 3,951,979 || 36.63 || 21 || ±0
|-
| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/eleicoes/2024_pe/docs_geral/2024_pe_mapa_oficial_resultados_dr.pdf |title=Comissão Nacional de Eleições Mapa Oficial n.º 4/2024 |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |date=28 June 2024|access-date=28 June 2024}}
|}
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