Party: | Social Democratic Party |
Term Start: | 2 November 2018 |
Birth Date: | 26 July 1991 |
Birth Place: | Coimbra, Portugal |
Alma Mater: | University of Coimbra |
Occupation: | Economist • Politician |
Otherparty: | Social Democratic Youth |
Office1: | Member of the European Parliament for Portugal |
Termstart1: | 2 July 2019 |
Birth Name: | Ana Lídia Fernandes Oliveira Pereira |
Office: | President of the Youth of the European People's Party |
Predecessor: | Andrianos Giannou |
Ana Lídia Fernandes Oliveira Pereira (born 26 July 1991)[1] is a Portuguese politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She is also president of the Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP).[2]
Pereira has a degree in Economics from the University of Coimbra and a MSc in European Economic Studies from the College of Europe.[3] [4]
In the 2019 European elections Pereira was the first politician to run a carbon neutral political campaign, drawing attention to climate change. As number 2 in the list she stood out as a political renewal of Portuguese MEPs. Since joining the European Parliament, she has been serving as her parliamentary group's deputy coordinator in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and as member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.[5] In 2020, she also joined the Subcommittee on Tax Matters.[6]
In addition to her committee assignments, Pereira is part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption[7] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.[8]
In 2021, Pereira was part of the European Parliament's official delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).[9]
In June 2023, Pereira was the recipient of the Youth Champion Award at The Parliament Magazines annual MEP Awards[10]
In April 2024, she was elected vice-president of the EPP group after Paulo Rangel’s departure to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[11]