Georgette Ferreira | |
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Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal | |
In office 1976–1985 | |
Parliamentary group | Portuguese Communist Party |
Constituency | Lisbon |
Member of the Constituent Assembly of Portugal | |
In office 1975–1976 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 25 June 1925 Alhandra, Portugal |
Died | 4 February 2017 (Aged 91) Lisbon, Portugal |
Political party | Portuguese: Portuguese Communist Party |
Georgette Ferreira (1925 – 2017) was a member of the Central Committee of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) from 1950 to 1988 who opposed the Estado Novo regime and was the first woman to escape from an Estado Novo political prison. She was a Deputy in the Constituent Assembly of Portugal in 1975 and 1976 and a Deputy in the Assembly of the Republic from 1976 to 1985, on all occasions being elected on the Lisbon list of the PCP.[1]