Regina Maria Pinto da Fonseca Ramos Bastos (born 4 November 1960) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. She was a member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004 and from 2009 to 2014 as a member of the European People's Party.[1][2]

Regina Bastos
Regina Bastos in 2016
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Assumed office
2 April 2024
ConstituencyLisbon
In office
22 October 2015 – 24 October 2019
ConstituencyAveiro
In office
10 March 2005 – 13 July 2009
ConstituencyAveiro
Member of the European Parliament
In office
14 July 2009 – 30 June 2014
ConstituencyPortugal
In office
24 July 1999 – 20 July 2004
ConstituencyPortugal
President of the Estarreja Municipal Assembly
Assumed office
1 October 2017
In office
9 October 2005 – 13 July 2009
Personal details
Born
Regina Maria Pinto da Fonseca Ramos Bastos

(1960-11-04) 4 November 1960 (age 64)
Estarreja, Portugal
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Children1
OccupationLawyerPolitician

She was born in Estarreja and holds a bachelor's degree in law. She was a member of the Portuguese Social Democratic Party. She served in the municipal assembly for Estarreja from 1989 to 2001. After serving in the European Parliament, she was a member of the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic from 2005 until 2009, when she was again elected to the European parliament.[1][3] In 2011, she was named to the short list for the prize for the Best Member of the European Parliament.[4]

Regina Bastos served as President of the Municipal Assembly of Estarreja from 2005 to 2009,[3] and again since 2017.[2]

She succeeded Luís Montenegro as a member of Parliament when he resigned to become Prime Minister.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Regina Bastos". European Parliament MEPs.
  2. ^ a b Viola, Donatella M (2015). Routledge Handbook of European Elections. p. 368. ISBN 978-1317503637.
  3. ^ a b "Biografia" (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic.
  4. ^ "Three Portuguese MEPs shortlisted for 2011 awards". Portugal News. November 19, 2011.
  5. ^ "Hugo Soares quer ter 12 vice-presidentes na bancada do PSD (e o primeiro é o ex-bastonário Miguel Guimarães)". Expresso (in Portuguese). 2024-04-07. Retrieved 2024-04-11.