Madalena Simões Cordeiro | |
Term Start: | 26 March 2024 |
Constituency: | Lisbon District |
Birth Date: | 18 December 2003 |
Birth Place: | Vila Viçosa, Portugal |
Party: | Portugal |
Occupation: | Politician and student |
Madalena Simões Cordeiro (born 18 December 2003) is a Portuguese politician. In the 2024 Portuguese national election she was elected to the Assembly of the Republic as a representative of the right wing CHEGA party, and became the youngest member of the parliament.[1]
Cordeiro was born on 18 December 2003 in Vila Viçosa in the Evora district in the Alentejo region of Portugal. At the time of her election to the National Assembly in March 2024, she was studying law and politics at the Catholic University of Portugal and was also serving as a member of the national leadership of CHEGA's youth. In the 2024 national election, Cordeiro was eighth on the list of CHEGA candidates for the Lisbon constituency and CHEGA won nine seats. In the parliament, she was appointed to be a member of the European Affairs Committee.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]