Sara Martins Marques dos Santos Madruga da Costa (born 15 September 1978) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), she represents the Autonomous Region of Madeira in the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal.
Sara Madruga da Costa | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| Assumed office 23 October 2015 | |
| Constituency | Madeira |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira | |
| In office 20 April 2015 – 23 October 2015 | |
| Member of the Santo António Parish Assembly | |
| In office 11 October 2009 – 1 October 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sara Martins Marques dos Santos 15 September 1978 Madeira, Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Carlos Madruga da Costa |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon, University of Coimbra |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Early life
editSara Martins Marques dos Santos Madruga da Costa was born in Madeira on 15 September 1978. She graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and did a postgraduate degree in Law on Spatial Planning, Urbanism and Environment from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. She is continuing to study at the Lisbon university. She began working as a lawyer in 2003, mainly covering the area of real estate. More recently, she has taught a course at the Instituto Superior de Administração e Línguas (Higher Institute of Administration and Languages - ISAL) in Madeira. She is married to Carlos Eduardo Pereira Madruga da Costa.[1][2][3][4][5]
Political career
editMadruga da Costa's political career began in 2009 when she became a member of the Santo António Parish Assembly in Funchal, capital of Madeira. In early 2015 she became a member of the Regional Legislative Assembly of Madeira, where she played a prominent role in the amendment to the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly. Six months later she was elected on the PSD list of candidates to represent Madeira in the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal. She was re-elected in 2019. She is on several parliamentary committees, including that on constitutional affairs, rights, freedoms and guarantees and is coordinator of a Working Group on the conditions of work of Portugal's security forces. She is a Vice-President of the PSD Parliamentary Group in the Assembly.[1][2][3][5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Sara Madruga da Costa Vice-Presidente do Grupo Parlamentar do PSD na Assembleia da República". PSD Madeira. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Sara Madruga da Costa". PSD. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Biografia: Sara Martins Marques dos Santos Madruga da Costa". Assembleia de República. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Registo de Interesses: Sara Martins Marques dos Santos Madruga da Costa". Assembleia de República. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ a b "6 dados sobre Sara Madruga da Costa, a mulher que marcou o OE 2021". Jornal de Notícias - Delas. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
