Maria Terezinha Viegas

Maria Terezinha Viegas (born October 3, 1964) was an East Timorese worker in agriculture who became a politician in the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction party. From 2012 to 2017 she was Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs and she was re-elected in 2018.

Life Viegas was born in Laclubar on 3 October 1964. She gained a degree in Agronomy.

She worked for the revolution but in 1999 her husband had a stroke and she had to spend time assisting his recovery. In 2017, Viegas was a delegate to the national group of the national parliament at the parliamentary assembly of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP).

In the 2018 East Timorese parliamentary election she was elected again and then made Secretary of the Presidium of the Parliament.

In 2018 Viegas was elected to the Executive Committee of the East Timor Football Federation.

Private life She married Antonio Joao Gomes da Costa and they had three children.