Lídia Pereira Explained

Party:Social Democratic Party
Term Start:2 November 2018
Birth Date:26 July 1991
Birth Place:Coimbra, Portugal
Alma Mater:University of Coimbra
Occupation:EconomistPolitician
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]

Early life and education

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]

Political career

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]

Other activities

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home Lídia PEREIRA MEPs European Parliament . 2023-03-23 . www.europarl.europa.eu . en.
  2. Web site: Conimbricense Lídia Pereira vai liderar Juventude do Partido Popular Europeu . 2024-04-17 . pt.
  3. News: Conimbricense Lídia Pereira é candidata a Presidente da Juventude do Partido Popular Europeu . 5 February 2021 . Notícias de Coimbra . 30 September 2018. Portuguese.
  4. News: Freire . Manuel Carlos . Cruz . Bárbara . Lídia Pereira chegou tarde à política mas é número dois do PSD nas europeias . 5 February 2021 . Diário de Notícias . 11 March 2019 . Portuguese.
  5. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197738 Her MEP profile
  6. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sed/doc/news/flash/24221/Full%20Members%20new%20committees_09-07-2020_en.pdf Members of the Subcommittee on Tax Matters
  7. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-anti-corruption.pdf Intergroup on Anti-Corruption
  8. http://www.searica.eu/intergroup/members-2019-2024 Members 2019-2024
  9. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/resources/library/media/20211011RES14630/20211011RES14630.pdf European Parliament Delegation to COP26, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 9-13 November 2021
  10. News: MEP Awards: Winners 2022. 27 June 2023. The Parliament Magazine. 24 August 2023.
  11. Web site: 2024-04-17 . Lídia Pereira (PSD) elected EPP vice-president after Rangel's departure . 2024-04-17 . en-US.
  12. https://unitenetwork.org/western-central-europe/ Members – Western & Central Europe