Preceded by Antonio Jose Seguro Succeeded by Carlos Cesar Preceded by Position established Role Former Health Minister Party Socialist Party | Succeeded by Antonio Costa Prime Minister Antonio Guterres Name Maria Belem Education University of Coimbra Children Maria Helena Pina | |
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Preceded by Antonio de Almeida Santos Spouse Manuel Jorge Henriques de Pina Previous office Health Minister (1995–1999) Similar People Antonio Guterres, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Mario Soares, Carlos I of Portugal | ||
Maria de belem roseira
Maria de Belem Roseira Martins Coelho Henriques de Pina, GCC (b. Porto, 28 July 1949) is a Portuguese politician, that served as President of Socialist Party from 2011 to 2014. She is informally known by Maria de Belem, or, more commonly, Maria de Belem Roseira.
She graduated in Law at the University of Coimbra in 1972.
She was Minister of Health (1995–1999) in the first government of Antonio 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 Espirito Santo Saude, 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 Saude, (formerly Espirito Santo Saude).
