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Beatriz Porée

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Deputy
Beatriz Porée
Porée in 2024
Deputy of St Helier South
Assumed office
27 June 2022
Serving with
Majority88
Personal details
Born1966 or 1967 (age 57–58)
Angola
Political partyReform Jersey
Residence(s)St Helier, Jersey
Known forBeing the first person of colour to serve as a member of the States Assembly

Beatriz Borges de Sousa Vaz Moreno Porée is a Jersey politician who has served as Deputy for St Helier South since 2022.

Porée was born in Angola, but was raised in Portugal after becoming a child refugee in the Angolan Civil War.[1] She moved to Jersey in the late 1980s and founded a juice bar business in the Central Market.[1][2] Porée successfully ran for election in the 2022 general election as a Reform Jersey candidate in St Helier South, becoming the first person of colour and second person of Portuguese descent to be elected to the States Assembly.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Porée, Beatriz. "Beatriz Porée". vote.je. States Greffe. Archived from the original on 12 April 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Juice bar founder striving for greater equality as election candidate". Bailiwick Express. 10 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Jersey makes history with first Deputy of colour". Bailiwick Express. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2024.