Edite Estrela

Edite Estrela
Edite Estrela in 2014
First Vice President of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
25 October 2019 – 26 March 2024
PresidentEduardo Ferro Rodrigues
Augusto Santos Silva
Preceded byJosé de Matos Correia
Succeeded byTeresa Morais
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Assumed office
23 October 2015
ConstituencyLisbon
In office
17 December 2001 – 19 July 2004
ConstituencyLisbon
In office
19 July 1987 – 11 December 1993
ConstituencyLisbon
Member of the European Parliament
In office
20 July 2004 – 30 June 2014
ConstituencyPortugal
Mayor of Sintra
In office
12 December 1993 – 16 December 2001
Preceded byRui Silva
Succeeded byFernando Seara
Personal details
Born (1949-10-28) 28 October 1949 (age 75)
Carrazeda de Ansiães, Portugal
Political partySocialist Party (1983–present)
Children2
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionTeacher

Edite de Fátima Santos Marreiros Estrela, GCIH (born 28 October 1949)[1] is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party.[2] She is currently the First Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic.

Estrela was previously a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2014. She was also the Mayor of Sintra between 1993 and 2001 and a teacher of literature.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Edite Estrela". European Parliament. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Longer maternity leave eyed in EU to boost births". Reuters. 20 October 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.