Maria de Belém Roseira

Maria de Belém Roseira Martins Coelho Henriques de Pina,[1] GCC (b. Porto, 28 July 1949) is a Portuguese politician who served as President of the Socialist Party from 2011 to 2014. She is informally known as Maria de Belém, or, more commonly, Maria de Belém Roseira.

Maria de Belém Roseira GCC
President of the Socialist Party
In office 9 September 2011 – 29 November 2014
Preceded by	António de Almeida Santos
Succeeded by	Carlos César
Minister for Equality
In office 25 October 1999 – 15 September 2000
Prime Minister	António Guterres
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Minister of Health
In office 28 October 1995 – 25 October 1999
Prime Minister	António Guterres
Preceded by	Paulo Mendo
Succeeded by	Manuela Arcanjo
Personal details
Born	(1949-07-28) 28 July 1949 Porto, Portugal
Political party	Socialist Party
Spouse(s)	Manuel Pina
Alma mater	University of Coimbra

She graduated in Law at the University of Coimbra in 1972.[2]

She was Minister of Health (1995–1999) in the first government of António Guterres, and Minister for Equality (1999–2000) early in his second government.

In December 2006, while she was still President of the Parliamentary Health Commission, she was hired as a consultant by Espírito Santo Saúde, a private health provider. She stated that she did not consider there would be any conflict of interest holding both roles simultaneously [3] In 2015, while she was still a member of parliament, she was put forward as a member of the Executive Council of the Board of Governors of Luz Saúde, (formerly Espírito Santo Saúde).[4]

More recently, she was a candidate on the 2016 Portuguese presidential election, but received only 4.26% of the votes, losing to Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and not being supported as the official candidate of her party.