| Isabel Santos | |
| Office: | Member of the European Parliament for Portugal |
| Term Start: | 1 July 2019 |
| Term End: | 15 July 2024 |
| Office1: | Member of the Assembly of the Republic |
| Term Start2: | 23 October 2015 |
| Term End2: | 2019 |
| Term Start3: | 10 March 2005 |
| Term End3: | 20 June 2011 |
| Constituency3: | Porto |
| Birth Name: | Maria Isabel Coelho Santos |
| Birth Date: | 1968 2, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Valbom, Gondomar, Porto District, Portugal |
| Nationality: | Portuguese |
| Party: | Socialist Party |
| Mother: | Maria Adelina Cardoso Coelho |
| Father: | Joaquim Fernando dos Anjos Coelho |
| Alma Mater: | University of Porto |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Profession: | civil servant |
Maria Isabel Coelho Santos (born 12 February 1968)[1] is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party who was a Member of the European Parliament.
Santos was a member of the Assembly of the Republic from 2015 until 2019 and from 2005 until 2011.[2] 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 Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. In this capacity, she served as the Assembly's vice-chair and led several election monitoring missions, including for the 2017 elections in Germany[3] and 2018 midterm elections in the United States.[4] [5]
Since becoming a Member of the European Parliament, 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.[6]
In addition to her committee assignments, Santos chairs the parliament's delegation for relations with the Mashriq 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[7] and the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.[8]