Marta Temido

Marta Alexandra Fartura Braga Temido de Almeida Simões (born 2 March 1974) is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Health under Prime Minister António Costa, between 15 October 2018 and 10 September 2022. She submitted her resignation from the post on 30 August 2022 and ended her functions on 10 September 2022.

Initially she was an Independent minister, invited to perform the role without affiliation to the governing parties, but in August 2021 she joined the Socialist Party (PS).

Temido was elected a Member of the European Parliament in the June 2024 European election, and formally took her seat in the Tenth European Parliament on 16 July.

Early life and education Temido was born in Coimbra. She has a law degree and a master's degree in health economics and management from the University of Coimbra, as well as a PhD in international health from the NOVA University of Lisbon.

Temido became well-known in Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic, appearing almost daily at press conferences. When Portugal held the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2021, Temido chaired the meetings of its Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council, in which she stressed the need for the EU to make joint purchases of vaccines.

After resigning from the position of Minister of Health in September 2022, Temido has been serving as an MP from the district of Coimbra in the Assembly of the Republic. Being speculated as the socialist candidate for the next Lisbon Mayoral Election as well as a possible contender for the next Socialist Leadership Election, Temido was elected in July 2023 as the Chair of the Lisbon Socialist Party and was appointed, alongside the minister Ana Catarina Mendes, as one of the possible candidates of the Socialist List for the 2024 European Parliament election.

Electoral history European Parliament election, 2024

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