Luísa SALGUEIRO

Mayor of Matosinhos City Hall. Matosinhos, Portugal.

Mayor of Matosinhos, since 2017. Between 1997 and 2009, she was a councilor for the Municipality of Matosinhos, having been responsible for the areas of Social Action, Housing, Health and Youth. She has a law degree and has completed her postgraduate studies in environmental law. She was elected deputy to the Assembly of the Republic in the 2005 legislative elections, maintaining these functions until 2017. Luisa Salgueiro was also Vice-President and coordinator of the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group, for the areas of Health, Labor and Solidarity. During this period, she joined the ranks of high-placed NATO officials after being elected as Vice-President of the Commission for Energy and Environmental Security, dedicated to bioterrorism and alternative energies.