Isilda Gomes
Isilda Gomes | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Portugal | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Mayor of Portimão | |
| In office 29 September 2013 – 30 April 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel da Luz |
| Succeeded by | Álvaro Miguel Bila |
| Civil Governor of the Faro District | |
| In office 27 November 2009 – 30 November 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Silva Gomes |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| In office 1 June 2007 – 14 August 2009 | |
| Preceded by | António Ventura Pina |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Silva Gomes |
| President of the Portimão Municipal Assembly | |
| In office 9 October 2005 – 1 June 2007 | |
| Member of the Portimão City Council | |
| In office 14 December 1997 – 9 October 2005 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 September 1951 Almeida, Portugal |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon University of Seville |
| Occupation | Teacher • politician |
Isilda Maria Prazeres dos Santos Varges Gomes (born 16 September 1951) is a Portuguese politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party since 2024.[1]
She was the Civil Governor of the District of Faro between 2007 and 2009, and again between 2009 and 2011.[2][3] She was elected Mayor of Portimão in 2013, with a relative majority (3 elected out of 7), on the PS lists; later she assured an absolute majority in the municipal executive through a post-electoral coalition with the only elected member of the PSD. In the local elections of 2017, she was re-elected, now with an absolute majority.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Rodrigues, Elisabete (2024-06-09). "Algarvia Isilda Gomes eleita deputada europeia pelo PS". Sul Informação (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-07-01.
- ^ "emspublinet". www.emspublinet.com. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
- ^ "TVI". tvi.iol.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-07-01.
- ^ Rodrigues, Elisabete (2013-10-10). "Pedro Xavier (PSD) é o aliado de Isilda Gomes (PS) na Câmara de Portimão". Sul Informação (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-07-01.