Maria de Belém Roseira

Maria de Belém Roseira Martins Coelho Henriques de Pina GCC (born 28 July 1949) is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Health from 1995 to 1999, Minister for Equality from 1999 to 2000, and President of the Socialist Party from 2011 to 2014.

She stated that she did not consider there would be any conflict of interest holding both roles simultaneously [5] In 2015, while she was still a member of parliament, she was put forward as a member of the Executive Council of the Board of Governors of Luz Saúde (formerly Espírito Santo Saúde).

[citation needed] Roseira announced her candidacy for the 2016 presidential elections on 17 August 2015 and formalized it on 22 December, at the Constitutional Court, with around 9 200 signatures.

Belonging to the honor committee of the candidacy Manuel Alegre, Jorge Coelho, José Vera Jardim, and Alberto Martins.

The result of less than 5% meant that she was not entitled to a state subsidy to cover the expenses of the electoral campaign.