Maria da Assunção Esteves

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Justice of the Constitutional Court
In office
2 August 1989 – 11 March 1998
Preceded byRaul Mateus da Silva
Succeeded byPaulo Mota Pinto
Personal details
Born (1956-10-15) 15 October 1956 (age 67)
Valpaços, Portugal
Political partySocial Democratic Party
SpouseJosé Lamego (divorced)
Alma materCatholic University of Portugal
ProfessionJurist

Maria da Assunção Andrade Esteves

group,[2]
from 2004 to 2009.

Life and career

Born in Valpaços,

Portuguese Constitutional Court
from 1989 to 1998.

On 21 June 2011 she became the first female President of the Assembly of the Republic.[3] At the time, being unable to receive both her salary of €5,219.15 as President of the Assembly and her retirement pension of €7,255, which she started receiving at the age of 42, for having been a Justice of the Portuguese Constitutional Court, she chose to keep her retirement pension. Additionally, she received €2,133 for work expenses.[4][5]

Honours

National

  • Order of Christ (11 November 2015[6]
    )

Foreign

References

  1. ^ Biografia
  2. ^ Deputados : Maria da Assunção ESTEVES
  3. ^ "Assunção Esteves eleita Presidente da Assembleia por maioria confortável - Política - PUBLICO.PT". Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011. (in Portuguese)
  4. ^ Pereira, Helena (20 November 2011). "Assunção Esteves optou por reforma de 7 mil euros" (in Portuguese). Sol. Retrieved 28 Feb 2016.
  5. ^ Redação/CLC (18 November 2011). "Assunção Esteves opta por mais de 7 mil euros de pensão" (in Portuguese). TVI24. Retrieved 28 Feb 2016.
  6. ^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Estrangeiras". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

External links

Media related to Maria da Assunção Esteves at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by President of the Assembly of the Republic
2011–2015
Succeeded by