Maria da Assunção Esteves

Maria da Assunção Esteves studied at University of Lisbon. The recorded working language is Portuguese. Places of work recorded in the authority are Strasbourg and Brussels. Positions recorded include Member of the European Parliament and member of the Assembly of the Republic. Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ.

• Honorific Prefix — Her Excellency • Name — Assunção Esteves • Honorific Suffix — GCC • Office — President of the Assembly of the Republic • Term Start — 21 June 2011 • Term End — 22 October 2015 • Predecessor — Jaime Gama • Successor — Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues • Office1 — Member of the Assembly of the Republic • Term Start1 — 22 June 2011 • Term End1 — 22 October 2015 • Constituency1 — Lisbon • Term Start2 — 5 April 2002 • Term End2 — 20 June 2004 • Constituency2 — Vila Real • Term Start3 — 13 August 1987 • Term End3 — 2 August 1989 • Constituency3 — Vila Real • Office4 — Member of the European Parliament • Term Start4 — 20 June 2004 • Term End4 — 13 July 2009 • Constituency4 — Portugal • Office5 — Justice of the Constitutional Court • Term Start5 — August 1989 • Term End5 — March 1998 • Predecessor5 — Raul Mateus da Silva • Successor5 — Paulo Mota Pinto • Born — 15 October 1956 • Birthplace — Valpaços, Portugal • Party — Social Democratic Party • Spouse — José Lamego (divorced) • Occupation — Jurist • Alma Mater — Catholic University of Portugal

• Illustration — Official portrait as an MEP, 2004 Born in Valpaços, Valpaços, Assunção Esteves holds both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, where she was an assistant between 1989 and 1999. During that time, she was also a Justice of the Portuguese Constitutional Court from 1989 to 1998. On 21 June 2011 she became the first female President of the Assembly of the Republic. At the time, being unable to receive both her salary of €5,219.15 as President of the Assembly and her retirement pension of €7,255, which she started receiving at the age of 42, for having been a Justice of the Portuguese Constitutional Court, she chose to keep her retirement pension. Additionally, she received €2,133 for work expenses.

• Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (11 November 2015)

• Mexico: Sash of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (17 August 2015) • Peru: Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun (26 July 2013)