Marta Alexandra Fartura Braga Temido de Almeida Simões (born 2 March 1974)[1] is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Health under Prime Minister António Costa, between 15 October 2018 and 10 September 2022.

[1] Before taking on government duties, Temido was deputy director of the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical at NOVA University of Lisbon, non-executive chairman of the administration of the Hospital da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (Portuguese Red Cross) and a member of the administration of several public hospitals.

From 2016 to 2017, Temido served as the president of the board of directors of the Central Administration of the Health System (ACSS).

When Portugal held the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2021, Temido chaired the meetings of its Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council, in which she stressed the need for the EU to make joint purchases of vaccines.

[4][7] After resigning from the position of Minister of Health in September of 2022, Temido has been serving as an MP from the district of Coimbra in the Assembly of the Republic.