Maria Emília e Sousa Cerqueira (born 14 March 1971) is a Portuguese politician.
A member of the centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD), Cerqueira was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic in the 2015 national election as a representative of the Viana do Castelo constituency.
She was second on the PSD list of candidates for Viana do Castelo, with her party winning three of the available seats.
During her first two terms in parliament, Cerqueira was a member of the parliamentary committees on Constitutional Matters, Rights, Liberties and Guarantees and on Work, Social Security and Inclusion.
[4][5] In February 2022, Cerqueira and José Silvano, the Secretary-General of the PSD, were acquitted after long-running court proceedings following allegations that she had falsely entered his code into the National Assembly’s computer, thus recording him as being present when he was not.