Maria da Paixão da Costa
Maria da Paixão da Costa | |
|---|---|
 Maria da Paixão da Costa in 2019 | |
| East Timor Ambassador to Portugal | |
| In office 2014–2020 | |
| Preceded by | Natália Carrascalão |
| Succeeded by | Isabel Amaral Guterres |
| Deputy in the National Parliament | |
| In office 2002–2012 | |
| Constituency | Aileu Municipality |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 2, 1960 Remexio, Aileu Municipality, East Timor |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Maria da Paixão de Jesus da Costa (born April 2, 1960) is a politician and diplomat from East Timor. She is a member of the Partido Social Democrata (PSD) and was vice president of the party.[1]
Biography
Costa was born in Remexio in Aileu Municipality in 1960. She completed a degree in political science at the National University of East Timor.[1]
During the United Nations administration of East Timor (1999–2002), Costa was district administrator for her home district of Aileu.[2][3] She then served as a deputy in the National Parliament in the first and second legislatures, from 2002 to 2012.[1] She was also president of the Women's Parliamentary Group of East Timor (GMPTL).[4]
From 2014 to 2020, Costa was Ambassador of East Timor to Portugal.[5][6] She has promoted the learning of the Portuguese language in East Timor, visiting the University of Porto during her term as Ambassador.[7] From 21 March 2015 Costa was also accredited as Ambassador of East Timor to Cape Verde.[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Maria Paixão da Costa". Parlamento Nacional de Timor-Leste (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "UNTAET Daily Briefing 29 Sep 2000 - Timor-Leste". ReliefWeb. 2000-09-29. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Dili". peacekeeping.un.org. 29 September 2000. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ Costa, Monica (2017-08-16). Gender Responsive Budgeting in Fragile States: The Case of Timor-Leste. Routledge. pp. 54–57. ISBN 978-1-315-28307-4.
- ^ "Embaixada de Timor-Leste em Lisboa - Embaixadas e Consulados". 2014-05-31. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ Tocha, Cátia (2020-01-21). "Timor-Leste: Oito novos embaixadores tomam posse no final de janeiro" [Timor-Leste: Eight new ambassadors take office at the end of January]. e-Global (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Visita da Embaixadora de Timor-Leste à Universidade do Porto". TVU. (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "Nova embaixadora de Timor-Leste em Cabo Verde quer alargar cooperação bilateral". Notícias SAPO (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2025-08-06.