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: | Lawyer • Politician |
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]