Maria Lúcia Amaral (born 10 June 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer, university professor, politician and judge.
Maria Lúcia da Conceição Abrantes Amaral was born on 10 June 1957 in the city of Huambo, formerly known as Nova Lisboa in Angola, which was at the time a Portuguese colony.
The court was involved in several notable constitutional issues, particularly relating to some of the austerity measures of the then government of Pedro Passos Coelho.
In her inaugural speech she promised "independence from power", "constant vigilance" and "firm obedience to the fundamental rights of the people".
[1][2][3][4] In March 2024, Amaral stated she planned to ask the Portuguese Constitutional Court to declare legislation that decriminalised euthanasia to be unconstitutional.