A member of the centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD), Bento was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic in 2019 as a representative of the Vila Real constituency and re-elected in 2022.
[1] Cláudia Patrícia Quitério Bento was born on 4 June 1983 in Chaves, Portugal.
Her parents were teachers who were posted in several different locations in Portugal, including Serra de Água in Madeira and in Setúbal, before returning to their home in Chaves in the north of the country.
During her first term in the National Assembly, Bento was a member of the parliamentary committee on health and retained that role after the 2022 election.
Bento has made several critical interventions in the parliament regarding medical provision in Portugal, particularly in relation to her constituency.