Ana Gomes

Ana Gomes
Member of the European Parliament
In office
20 July 2004 – 1 July 2019
ConstituencyPortugal
Portuguese Ambassador to Indonesia
In office
12 July 2000 – 14 April 2003
Preceded byGuilherme de Sousa Girão (acting, as chargé d'affaires)
Succeeded byJosé 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 partySocialist Party (2002–present)
Other political
affiliations
Workers' Communist Party (1973–1976)
Spouses
(m. 1974; div. 1975)
António Franco
(m. 1994; died 2020)
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon
OccupationDiplomat
Signature
Websitewww.anagomes.eu

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).

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]

  1. ^ Tariq Panja (April 22, 2020), The Soccer Club as Sovereign State New York Times.
  2. ^ "Partido Socialista - Home". 2 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. ^ Sapage, Sónia (10 September 2020). "Ana Gomes: "Não devo nem posso desertar deste combate pela democracia"" [Ana Gomes: "I shouldn't nor can I give up the struggle for democracy"]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  4. ^ Paul Ames (January 22, 2021), Portugal votes for a president amid record coronavirus infections Politico Europe.
  5. ^ Lopes, Maria João; Martins, Ruben (24 January 2021). "Presidenciais: Ana Gomes é a mulher mais votada de sempre" [Presidential election: Ana Gomes is the woman with most votes ever]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 January 2021.