Lídia Pereira

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Lídia Pereira (2019)

Ana Lídia Fernandes Oliveira Pereira , Lídia Pereira for short (born July 26, 1991 in Coimbra ) is a Portuguese politician ( PSD ). Pereira has been Deputy Chairwoman since 2017 and Chairwoman of the Youth Association of the European People's Party (YEPP) since 2018 . She won a mandate in the 2019 European elections and has been a member of the 9th European Parliament since then .

Life

Youth and education

Lídia Pereira was born on July 26, 1991 in the Portuguese city of Coimbra in the center of the country, where she grew up with her family. After completing school, she first studied economics at the University of Coimbra and completed an Erasmus semester in Prague. She then moved to Bruges to do a Masters in European Studies at the College of Europe . In 2016 she completed an internship at the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg.

She then worked as a consultant for the auditing companies Ernst & Young and Deloitte .

Political commitment

Pereira at the EPP Congress in Helsinki in November 2018

In comparison to many other Portuguese politicians, Pereira joined the Portuguese conservative Social Democrats (or their youth association JSD ) relatively late at the age of 20 . In April 2017 she was elected Vice-President at the Congress of the Youth of the European People's Party , and in 2018 as Chairwoman.

MPs

In February 2018, PSD party leader Rui Rio surprisingly proposed Lídia Pereira for second place on the European election list of the Portuguese Social Democrats, which was led by Paulo Rangel . Numerous media reported on the unexpected nomination, with which party leader Rui Rio wanted to bring more "freshness" to the party. Pereira himself was surprised by the high ranking.

In the European elections, the Social Democrats won around 22 percent of the votes cast and thus won six seats, one of which was Lídia Pereira. As in previous legislatures, the six MEPs joined the Group of the European People's Party (EPP). For her group, she is a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and a deputy member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety .

Web links

Commons : Lídia Pereira  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Manuel Carlos Freire and Bárbara Cruz: Lídia Pereira chegou tarde à política mas é número dois do PSD nas europeias. In: Diário de Notícias. March 11, 2019, accessed June 7, 2019 (Portuguese).
  2. ^ A b Paula Sá: Lídia Pereira: ″ Parece um filme de terror, not quero continuar a ver fake news ″. In: Diário de Notícias. November 24, 2018, accessed June 7, 2019 (Portuguese).
  3. ^ Camilo Soldado: Portuguesa torna-se na primeira mulher a liderar a Juventude Popular Europeia. In: Público. November 3, 2018, accessed June 7, 2019 (Portuguese).
  4. ↑ Camilo Soldado: Jovem aposta de Rio across trazer frescura para a política. In: Público. March 17, 2019, accessed June 7, 2019 (Portuguese).
  5. ^ Jovem conimbricense Lídia Pereira é a número 2 da lista do PSD às Europeias | Notícias de Coimbra. In: Notícias de Coimbra. March 11, 2019, accessed June 7, 2019 (Portuguese).
  6. ↑ Lídia Pereira é a número dois do PSD para as europeias. In: Jornal de Notícias. March 11, 2019, accessed June 7, 2019 (Portuguese).
  7. ↑ 9th legislative term | Lídia PEREIRA | MPs | European Parliament. Retrieved September 26, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Pereira, Lídia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pereira, Ana Lídia Fernandes Oliveira (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese politician (PSD), MEP
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Coimbra