Maria Isabel Coelho Santos (born 12 February 1968, in Valbom, Gondomar)"Partido Socialista – Eleições para a Assembleia da República (Círculo Eleitoral do Porto)"
. Retrieved 21 November 2017. is a Portuguese politician of the

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who has been a

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since the

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Political career

Member of the Portuguese Parliament

Santos was a member of the Assembly of the Republic from 2015 until 2019 and from 2005 until 2011. During her time in parliament, she served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, Santos was a member of the Portuguese delegation to the

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. In this capacity, she served as the Assembly's vice-chair and led several

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missions, including for the

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in Germany and

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in the United States.

Member of the European Parliament

Since becoming a

, Santos has been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and of its Subcommittee on Human Rights. She is also a member of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), which oversees the Parliament's election observation missions. In addition to her committee assignments, Santos chairs the parliament's delegation for relations with the

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countries and is a member of the delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. She is also part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity and the

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Other activities

* Fight Impunity, Member of the Honorary Board (–2022)Sarah Wheaton and Vincent Manancourt (11 December 2022)
Big names bail from NGO caught up in EU Parliament graft scandal
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* 1968 births People from Gondomar, Portugal Living people Portuguese civil servants Portuguese women civil servants 20th-century Portuguese women politicians 20th-century Portuguese politicians 21st-century Portuguese women politicians 21st-century Portuguese politicians Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Women members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) MEPs for Portugal 2019–2024 {{Portugal-politician-stub