Leader António José Seguro Preceded by António José Seguro Prime Minister António Guterres Party Socialist Party | Succeeded by Carlos César Succeeded by António Costa Education University of Coimbra Children Maria Helena Pina | |
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Preceded by António de Almeida Santos Spouse Manuel Jorge Henriques de Pina Previous office Health Minister (1995–1999) Similar António Sampaio da Nóvoa, Marisa Matias, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, António Guterres, Manuel Alegre | ||
Maria de Belém Roseira Martins Coelho Henriques de Pina, GCC (b. Porto, 28 July 1949) is a Portuguese politician who served as President of Socialist Party from 2011 to 2014. She is informally known by Maria de Belém, or, more commonly, Maria de Belém Roseira.
She graduated in Law at the University of Coimbra in 1972.
She was Minister of Health (1995–1999) in the first government of António Guterres, and Minister for Equality (1999–2000) early in his second government.
In December 2006, while she was still President of the Parliamentary Health Commission, she was hired as a consultant by Espírito Santo Saúde, a private health provider. She stated that she did not consider there would be any conflict of interest holding both roles simultaneously In 2015, while she was still a member of parliament, she was put forward as a member of the Executive Council of the Board of Governors of Luz Saúde, (formerly Espírito Santo Saúde).
More recently, she was a candidate on the Portuguese presidential election, 2016, but received only 4.26% of the votes, losing to Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and not being supported as the official candidate of her party.
