Member of the European Parliament
SALEMA, Rt. Hon. Dr. Margarida was born on January 19, 1954 in Lisbon, Portugal. Daughter of Eduardo Maria De Brito Melo e Castabo e Albuquerque Da Costa Salema and Maria Do Amparo Simoes Be Lima Mello Do Rego Da Costa Salema (née Simoes De Lima Mello Do Rego).
Grad., University of Lisbon Law School, 1971-1976, Masters in Law (political science), 1979-1984. Spoken languages: Portuguese, French, English, German.
Member. Prime Minister’s Cabinet of Deputy Ministers, 1980. Consultant to the Prime Minister, 1980-1982. Member, United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
New York, 1982-1988; Member, National Council, Social Democratic Party, 1988-1990. Member of the European Parliament, 1989-1994. Lawyer, Lisbon, 1976-1991.
Assistant Professor, of Constitutional Law, Lisbon University, 1976-1980. Assistant Professor, of International Law, 1985-1989.
The Veto in the 1976 Constitution, 1980. The Review of the Constitution and Political Parties, 1980. Veto, Polis Enciclopedia Verbo da Sociedade e do Estado, 1986.Regional Autonomy, Nos Dez Anos da Constituiçaô, 1986. Positive Actions and the Portuguese Law, 1989.
Catholic.
Constitutional affairs, legal affairs, human rights, women’s affairs.
