Ana Gomes
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Ana Maria Rosa Martins Gomes GCC GOIH ComM (born 9 February 1954), better known as Ana Gomes, is a Portuguese former diplomat[1] and politician of the Socialist Party (PS).
Ana Gomes | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 20 July 2004 – 1 July 2019 | |
Constituency | Portugal |
Portuguese Ambassador to Indonesia | |
In office 12 July 2000 – 14 April 2003 | |
Preceded by | Guilherme de Sousa Girão (acting, as chargé d'affaires) |
Succeeded by | José Manuel Santos Braga |
Personal details | |
Born | Ana Maria Rosa Martins Gomes (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70) São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, Portugal |
Political party | Socialist Party (2002–present) |
Other political affiliations | Workers' Communist Party (1973–1976) |
Spouses | |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Signature | |
Website | www |
She earned wide recognition for her role in negotiating independence for East Timor, a former Portuguese colony, and in the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Portugal and Indonesia. She later suspended her career as a diplomat to enter party politics, and served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2019,[2] where she was an outspoken campaigner on corruption and human rights.
On 10 September 2020, she officially announced her candidacy for the 2021 Portuguese presidential election,[3] without official support from the Socialist Party.[4] She finished second, with 13% of the votes, the best result ever achieved by a woman in a presidential election in Portugal.[5]