The Ombudsperson
Maria Lúcia Amaral was born in Angola on June 10, 1957. She is Full Professor at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa and was member (April 2007-July 2016) and vice-President of the Portuguese Constitutional Court.
She dedicated her academic life to the study and teaching of Public law, in particular of Constitutional law. She is the author of several studies in this specific field of knowledge and is a member of international scientific associations dedicated to it. Since 2022, she has also been a corresponding member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences.
On 2 December 2021, Maria Lúcia Amaral took up her post as Ombudsman for a second mandate. She had been first elected by the Assembly of the Republic on 20 October 2017, and took office on 2 November of the same year.
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