About Rubina Leal
Born 1966. Rubina Leal is a Portuguese politician and sociologist.
Rubina Maria Branco Leal Vargas (born 27 July 1966) is a Portuguese Madeiran sociologist and politician. On 10 April 2025, Leal was elected the first woman President of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira.
Biography Rubina Leal received her degree in sociology from the ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon. She also holds a postgraduate degree in child protection from the Family Law Centre at the at the University of Coimbra.
Leal has served as in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira since 2017 as a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). She was elected President of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira on 10 April 2025, becoming the first woman to serve as speaker since the autonomous government's creation in 1976. Leal visited the Canadian Madeira Club in Toronto, Ontario, and the Clube Madeirense do SantÃssimo Sacramento in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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Portuguese politician
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Rubina Leal was born on 27 July 1966 in Funchal.
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