Marta Temido

Marta Alexandra Fartura Braga Temido de Almeida Simões (born 2 March 1974)[2] is a Portuguese politician who has served as Minister of Health under Prime Minister António Costa since 15 October 2018.[3] [1] Initially she was an Independent minister, invited to perform the role without affiliation to the governing parties, but in August 2021 she joined the Socialist Party (PS).[4]

Marta Temido
Marta Temido in 2021
Minister of Health
Assumed office
15 October 2018
Prime MinisterAntónio Costa[1]
Preceded byAdalberto Campos Fernandes[1]
Personal details
Born
Marta Alexandra Fartura Braga Temido

(1974-03-02) 2 March 1974
Coimbra, Portugal[2]
Political partySocialist Party (2021–present)
Independent (2018–2021)
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra
NOVA University of Lisbon

Early life and education

Temido has a law degree and a master's degree in health economics and management from the University of Coimbra, as well as a PhD in international health from the NOVA University of Lisbon.[2]

Career

Before taking on government duties, Temido was deputy director of the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical at NOVA University of Lisbon, non-executive chairman of the administration of the Hospital da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (Portuguese Red Cross) and a member of the administration of several public hospitals. From 2016 to 2017, Temido served as the president of the board of directors of the Central Administration of the Health System (ACSS).[4][5]

Temido became well-known in Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic, appearing almost daily at press conferences. When Portugal held the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2021, Temido chaired the meetings of its Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council, in which she stressed the need for the EU to make joint purchases of vaccines.[4][6]

References
  1. Almeida, São José (14 October 2018). "Uma remodelação com peso político". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. "Marta Temido subsititui Adalberto Campos Fernandes na Saúde". Expresso (in Portuguese). 14 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  3. Axel Bugge (October 14, 2018), Portugal's premier reshuffles cabinet, appoints new economy minister Reuters.
  4. "Marta Temido, a gestora da Saúde está no Governo pela terceira vez". SIC Noticias. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. "New ministers for Defence, Culture, Health and Economy". Algarve Daily News. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  6. Gabriela Baczynska (6 January 2021), Individual COVID vaccine deals cannot undermine EU joint orders, Portugal says Reuters.
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