Maria da Paixão da Costa

Maria da Paixão da Costa
Maria da Paixão da Costa in 2019
East Timor Ambassador to Portugal
In office
2014–2020
Preceded byNatália Carrascalão
Succeeded byIsabel Amaral Guterres
Deputy in the National Parliament
In office
2002–2012
ConstituencyAileu Municipality
Personal details
Born (1960-04-02) April 2, 1960 (age 64)
Remexio, Aileu Municipality, East Timor
Political partySocial Democratic Party

Maria da Paixão de Jesus da Costa (born April 2, 1960) is a politician and diplomat from East Timor. She is a member of the Partido Social Democrata (PSD) and was vice president of the party.[1]

Biography

Costa was born in Remexio in Aileu Municipality. She completed a degree in political science at the National University of East Timor.[1] During the United Nations administration of East Timor, she was district administrator for her home district of Aileu.[2][3] She then served as a deputy in the National Parliament in the first and second legislatures, from 2002 to 2012.[1]

From 2014 to 2020, she was East Timor's ambassador to Portugal.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Maria Paixão da Costa". Parlamento Nacional de Timor-Leste (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  2. ^ "UNTAET Daily Briefing 29 Sep 2000 - Timor-Leste". ReliefWeb. 2000-09-29. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  3. ^ "Dili, 29 September 2000". peacekeeping.un.org. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  4. ^ "Embaixada de Timor-Leste em Lisboa - Embaixadas e Consulados". 2014-05-31. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  5. ^ Tocha, Cátia (2020-01-21). "Timor-Leste: Oito novos embaixadores tomam posse no final de janeiro" [Timor-Leste: Eight new ambassadors take office at the end of January]. e-Global (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-01-02.