{{Short description|Portuguese politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|size=100%|MEP}} | party = [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]] | image = HAND SHAKE 2016-09-02 (28782106053) (cropped) - Margarida Marques.jpg | caption = | constituency_MP = [[Portugal (European Parliament constituency)|Portugal]] | term_start = 1 July 2019 | term_end = 15 July 2024 | parliament = European | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|02|03|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bombarral]], Portugal | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | website = }} '''Maria Margarida Ferreira Marques'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biografia |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=3339 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260113015317/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=3339 |archive-date=2026-01-13 |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=www.parlamento.pt |language=pt-PT}}</ref> (born 3 February 1954) is a [[Politics of Portugal|Portuguese politician]] of the [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]] who served as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] between [[2019 European Parliament election|2019]] and [[2024 European Parliament election|2024]].<ref>[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197638 MEP profile]</ref>
==Early career== In 1994 Marques moved to Brussels where she started working for the [[European Commission]], first in the [[Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture|Directorate-General for Education and Culture]] (DG EAC), then in the [[Directorate-General for Communication]] (DG COMM). She subsequently held the position of European Commission representative in Portugal from 2005 to 2011.
==Career in national politics== From [[2015 Portuguese legislative election|2015]] until 2019, Marques was a member of the [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|Parliament of Portugal]]. During that time, she served as State Secretary for European Affairs in the [[XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal|government]] of [[Prime Minister of Portugal|Prime Minister]] [[António Costa]] from 2015 until 2017.
==Member of the European Parliament== Marques has been a [[Member of the European Parliament]] since the [[2019 European Parliament election|2019 European elections]]. In parliament, she has since been serving on the [[Committee on Budgets]]. In this capacity, she was the parliament's [[rapporteur|co-rapporteur]] (alongside [[Jan Olbrycht]]) on the European Union's [[Multiannual Financial Framework]] (MFF) for 2021–2027.<ref>Cécile Barbière (February 11, 2020), [https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/lawmakers-pressure-paris-to-do-more-for-eu-budget/ Lawmakers pressure Paris to do more for EU budget] [[EURACTIV]].</ref> In 2020, she also joined the [[Committee on International Trade]].
In addition to her committee assignments, Marques is part of the parliament's delegations for relations with [[China]] and the [[Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly|Parliamentary Assembly]] of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]].<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197638/MARGARIDA_MARQUES/home Margarida Marques] [[European Parliament]].</ref> She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity.<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-anti-racism-diversity.pdf Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity] [[European Parliament]].</ref>
==Honours== *{{flag|Greece}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of Honour (Greece)|Order of Honour]] (21 April 2017)<ref name=PRTHons>{{cite web|url=https://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=155&list=1|title=ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS ESTRANGEIRAS}}</ref> *{{flag|Luxembourg}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg]] (23 May 2017) *{{flag|Spain}}: Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic]] (28 November 2016)<ref name=PRTHons/>
==References== {{Reflist|3}} {{Current EP Portugal}}{{EP Political Group S&D}} {{Authority control}}
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