Ana Paula Martins
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Ana Paula Martins | |
|---|---|
.png) Martins in 2023 | |
| Minister of Health | |
| Assumed office 2 April 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Luís Montenegro |
| Preceded by | Manuel Pizarro |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 26 March 2024 – 2 April 2024 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| Vice President of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 18 December 2021 – 3 July 2022 | |
| President | Rui Rio |
| Preceded by | António Maló de Abreu |
| Succeeded by | Paulo Rangel |
| President of the Order of Pharmacists | |
| In office 8 February 2016 – 7 February 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Maurício Barbosa |
| Succeeded by | Hélder Mota Filipe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ana Paula Mecheiro de Almeida Martins Silvestre 4 November 1965 Bissau, Portuguese Guinea |
| Citizenship | Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (2002–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
| Occupation | Pharmacist • politician |
Ana Paula Mecheiro de Almeida Martins Silvestre Correia (born 4 November 1965) is a Portuguese pharmacist and politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as Minister of Health in the government of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro since 2024.[1]
Martins was elected to the Assembly of the Republic in the March 2024 national election as a member of the Social Democratic Party, representing the Lisbon constituency.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
Martins graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon in 1990. She completed her master's degree in Epidemiology at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa in 1995 and her PhD in Clinical Pharmacy at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Lisbon in May 2005.[3][4][5]
Early career[edit]
For more than 20 years Martins was an assistant professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon, held the position of director of "External Affairs and Market Access" at MSD Portugal between 2006 and 2014 and also directed the center for Pharmacoepidemiology Studies of the National Association of Pharmacy between 1994 and 2006.[6]
Between 1989 and 1992 she was general secretary of the Order of Pharmacists. She was President of the Board of the Regional General Assembly of the South and Autonomous Regions of the Order of Pharmacists between 2009 and 2015. Between 2016 and the beginning of 2022, she held the position of President of the Order of Pharmacists, presided over the Institute of Evidence-Based Health and coordinated the Pharmacovigilance Center of Lisbon, Setúbal and Santarém of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon for several years. Between December 2022 and January 2024 she was Director of the Hospital de Santa Maria, in Lisbon.[7][8]
Political career[edit]
From December 2021 until May 2022 Martins was vice president of the PSD, under the leadership of Rui Rio.[9] In January 2024, she was announced as candidate number three, on the Lisbon list of the Social Democratic Party for the 2024 legislative elections, behind Luís Montenegro and Joaquim Miranda Sarmento.[10][11][12]
References[edit]
- ^ "Quem é Ana Paula Martins, a nova ministra da Saúde que cita Churchill e procura consensos?". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Eleições Legislativas 2024: Deputados Eleitos". CNN. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ www.netfarma.pt https://www.netfarma.pt/ex-bastonaria-dos-farmaceuticos-ana-paula-martins-e-a-nova-presidente-do-santa-maria/. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Seara.com. "Ana Paula Martins assume presidência do Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte". Ordem dos Farmacêuticos (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ Laia, Ana (16 August 2023). "ANA PAULA MARTINS". Revista FRONTLINE (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Programa Gilead Génese". gileadgenese.pt. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Governo escolheu ex-bastonária dos Farmacêuticos para a administração do Santa Maria". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Ana Paula Martins deixa conselho de administração do Santa Maria". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Rui Rio apenas muda dois vice-presidentes". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Bastonária dos Farmacêuticos é nova vice-presidente do PSD". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Líder parlamentar do PSD número dois em Lisboa com Luís Newton em lugar elegível na capital". TVI Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ Caeiro, Tiago. "Ana Paula Martins. Do Hospital de Santa Maria ao Parlamento, a crónica de um ano atribulado". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2024.