Maria do Carmo Seabra (born 27 January 1955) is a Portuguese

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. Born in

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, she served as

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in the 2004–2005

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of fellow

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Pedro Santana Lopes Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes (; born 29 June 1956) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, who is the current mayor of Figueira da Foz. He most notably served as prime minister of Portugal from 2004 to 2005. Background and early life Ped ...

. She is currently a

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of Principles of

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Nova School of Business and Economics Nova School of Business & Economics (Nova SBE) is a business school located in Portugal that offers a wide range of academic programs including Bachelor's, Master's, Ph.D., MBA, Executive Education programs. The school has approximately 3,000 ...

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Living people 1955 births Social Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians Education ministers of Portugal Seabra, Maria Carmo {{Portugal-politician-stub