Regina Bastos Explained

Regina Bastos
Birth Date:4 November 1960
Birth Place:Estarreja, Portugal
Term Start:2 April 2024
Term Start2:10 March 2005
Term End2:13 July 2009
Office3:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start3:14 July 2009
Term End3:30 June 2014
Nationality:Portuguese
Termstart1:22 October 2015
Termend1:24 October 2019
Term Start4:24 July 1999
Term End4:20 July 2004
Constituency1:Aveiro
Constituency:Lisbon
Constituency2:Aveiro
Constituency4:Portugal
Constituency3:Portugal
Party:Social Democratic Party
Birth Name:Regina Maria Pinto da Fonseca Ramos Bastos
Occupation:LawyerPolitician
Office5:President of the Estarreja Municipal Assembly
Term Start6:9 October 2005
Term End6:13 July 2009
Term Start5:1 October 2017
Children:1

Regina Maria Pinto da Fonseca Ramos Bastos (born 4 November 1960) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. She was a member of the European parliament from 1999 to 2004 and from 2009 to 2014 as a member of the European People's Party.[1] [2]

She was born in Estarreja and holds a bachelor's degree in law. She was a member of the Portuguese Social Democratic Party. She served in the municipal assembly for Estarreja from 1989 to 2001. After serving in the European parliament, she was a member of the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic from 2005 until 2009, when she was again elected to the European parliament.[1] [3] In 2011, she was named to the short list for the prize for the Best Member of the European Parliament.[4]

Regina Bastos served as President of the Municipal Assembly of Estarreja from 2005 to 2009,[3] and again since 2017.

She succeeded Luís Montenegro as a member of Parliament when he resigned to become Prime Minister.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regina Bastos . European Parliament MEPs.
  2. Book: Viola, Donatella M . Routledge Handbook of European Elections . 368 . 2015 . 978-1317503637.
  3. Web site: Biografia . Assembly of the Republic . pt.
  4. News: Three Portuguese MEPs shortlisted for 2011 awards . Portugal News . November 19, 2011.
  5. Web site: 2024-04-07 . Hugo Soares quer ter 12 vice-presidentes na bancada do PSD (e o primeiro é o ex-bastonário Miguel Guimarães) . 2024-04-11 . Expresso . pt.