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{{short description|Portuguese politician}}
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|image = (Maria Manuel Leitão Marques) Horasis Global Meeting - Grand Opening (cropped).jpg
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|office = [[Ministry of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation|Minister of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation]]
| office = [[Member of the European Parliament]]
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| term_start = 2 July 2019
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|primeminister = [[António Costa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/antonio-costa-indigitado-a-lista-dos-novos-ministros-de-portugal_n876431|title=António Costa indigitado: a lista dos novos ministros de Portugal|publisher=[[Radio and Television of Portugal]]|date=24 November 2015|first=Christopher|last=Marques|lang=pt|accessdate=13 September 2018}}</ref>
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| term_end = 15 July 2024
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|term_start = 26 November 2015
| office1 = [[Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Portugal)|Minister of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation]]
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| primeminister1 = [[António Costa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/antonio-costa-indigitado-a-lista-dos-novos-ministros-de-portugal_n876431|title=António Costa indigitado: a lista dos novos ministros de Portugal|publisher=[[Radio and Television of Portugal]]|date=24 November 2015|first=Christopher|last=Marques|language=pt|access-date=13 September 2018}}</ref>
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'''Maria Manuel Leitão Marques''' (born 23 August 1952) is a Portuguese politician of the [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.revistafrontline.com/grande-entrevista/maria-manuel-leitao-marques/|title=MARIA MANUEL LEITÃO MARQUES|date=6 November 2017|work=revistafrontline.com|access-date=8 September 2018|language=pt}}</ref> who has been serving as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] since 2019. She previously served as [[Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Portugal)|Minister of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation]] in the cabinet of [[Prime Minister of Portugal|Prime Minister]] [[António Costa]] {{as of|2015|11|26|since=y|lc=y}}.<ref name=govprofile/>


==Career in national politics==
'''Maria Manuel Leitão Marques''' (born 1952) is a Portuguese politician serving as [[Ministry of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation|Minister of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation]] {{as of|2015|11|26|since=y|lc=y}}.<ref name=govprofile/> She is a member of the [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.revistafrontline.com/grande-entrevista/maria-manuel-leitao-marques/|title=MARIA MANUEL LEITÃO MARQUES|date=6 November 2017|work=revistafrontline.com|accessdate=8 September 2018|lang=pt}}</ref> and was elected by the [[Viseu District|Viseu constituency]] to the [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|Assembly of the Republic]] in 2015. Marques previously served as the Secretary of State for the Administrative Modernization under the [[XVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal|XVIII]] and [[XVII Constitutional Government of Portugal]].<ref name=govprofile>{{cite web|url=https://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/gc21/ministries/presidency-and-of-administrative-modernisation|title=Maria Manuel Leitão Marques|work=portugal.gov.pt|accessdate=8 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906124719/https://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/gc21/ministries/presidency-and-of-administrative-modernisation|archive-date=6 September 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>
From 2015 until 2019, Leitão Marques represented the [[Viseu (Assembly of the Republic constituency)|Viseu constituency]] in the [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|Assembly of the Republic]]. Marques was the Secretary of State for the Administrative Modernization under the [[XVII Constitutional Government of Portugal|XVIII]] and [[XVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal]].<ref name=govprofile>{{cite web|url=https://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/gc21/ministries/presidency-and-of-administrative-modernisation|title=Maria Manuel Leitão Marques|work=portugal.gov.pt|access-date=8 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906124719/https://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/gc21/ministries/presidency-and-of-administrative-modernisation|archive-date=6 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present==
In the [[2019 European Parliament election|2019 European elections]], Leitão Marques ran on the list of Prime Minister António Costa's Socialist Party.<ref>Maïa de La Baume and Lili Bayer (May 15, 2019), [https://www.politico.eu/article/the-14-women-who-could-take-over-the-eu-top-jobs/ The 14 women who could take over the EU] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref> She has since been serving as vice chair of the [[Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection]]. In this capacity, she is the parliament’s [[rapporteur]] on the European Commission’s 2022 proposal for a ban on the import and export of products made using forced labour.<ref>Silvia Ellena (12 April 2023), [https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/progress-on-forced-labour-products-ban-too-slow-says-leading-rapporteur/ Progress on forced labour products ban too slow, says leading rapporteur] ''[[Euractiv]]''.</ref>

In addition to her committee assignments, Leitão Marques is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital.<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-artificial-intelligence-and-digital.pdf Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital] [[European Parliament]].</ref>


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Latest revision as of 16:26, 1 July 2024

Maria Manuel Leitão Marques
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2 July 2019 – 15 July 2024
ConstituencyPortugal
Minister of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation
In office
26 November 2015 – 18 February 2019
Prime MinisterAntónio Costa[1]
Personal details
Born (1952-08-23) 23 August 1952 (age 72)
Quelimane, Portuguese Mozambique[2]
Political partySocialist Party

Maria Manuel Leitão Marques (born 23 August 1952) is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party[3] who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She previously served as Minister of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation in the cabinet of Prime Minister António Costa since 26 November 2015.[2]

Career in national politics

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From 2015 until 2019, Leitão Marques represented the Viseu constituency in the Assembly of the Republic. Marques was the Secretary of State for the Administrative Modernization under the XVIII and XVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal.[2]

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

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In the 2019 European elections, Leitão Marques ran on the list of Prime Minister António Costa's Socialist Party.[4] She has since been serving as vice chair of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. In this capacity, she is the parliament’s rapporteur on the European Commission’s 2022 proposal for a ban on the import and export of products made using forced labour.[5]

In addition to her committee assignments, Leitão Marques is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Marques, Christopher (24 November 2015). "António Costa indigitado: a lista dos novos ministros de Portugal" (in Portuguese). Radio and Television of Portugal. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Maria Manuel Leitão Marques". portugal.gov.pt. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  3. ^ "MARIA MANUEL LEITÃO MARQUES". revistafrontline.com (in Portuguese). 6 November 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  4. ^ Maïa de La Baume and Lili Bayer (May 15, 2019), The 14 women who could take over the EU Politico Europe.
  5. ^ Silvia Ellena (12 April 2023), Progress on forced labour products ban too slow, says leading rapporteur Euractiv.
  6. ^ Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital European Parliament.


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