Joacine Katar Moreira
Joacine Katar Moreira | |
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| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| Assumed office 25 October 2019 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
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| Born | Joacine Elysees Katar Tavares Moreira 27 July 1982 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau |
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| Political party | LIVRE |
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Joacine Elysees Katar Tavares Moreira (born 27 July 1982) is a Portuguese academic, activist and politician.
Biography
Born on 27 July 1982 in Guinea-Bissau,[1] Katar Moreira has lived in Portugal since she was eight years old.[2]
She acquired Portuguese citizenship through naturalization in 2003.[1]
She earned a licentiate degree in Modern and Contemporary History. She later obtained a master's degree in development studies and a PhD in African Studies.[2] Founder of the Institute of Black Women in Portugal (INMUNE),[3] she was the first black woman to head a party list for the 2019 legislative election, namely LIVRE's electoral list for Lisbon.
Katar Moreira was elected member of the Assembly of the Republic, and her party thus earned its first seat at the Portuguese parliament since its creation in 2014.[4] Following her election as a deputy in 2019, Joacine Moreira has been the target of several notable misinformation and defamation campaigns related to her race, stutter, and nationality on social networks, particularly on pages linked to the far-right political party Chega.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Aviso n.o 11 795/2003 (2.a série)". Diário da República n.º 257/2003, Série II de 6 de noviembre de 2003: 16684.
- ^ a b Caetano, Maria João (11 August 2019). "Joacine Katar Moreira: "Eu gaguejo. Isso não me impede de rigorosamente nada"". Diário de Notícias.
- ^ Baptista, Sofia Correia (4 October 2019). "Joacine Katar Moreira: uma activista negra a caminho do Parlamento". Público.
- ^ "Livre elege Joacine Katar Moreira para o Parlamento". Jornal de Negócios. 7 October 2019.
- ^ Sampaio, Gustavo. "A guerra de desinformação odiosa contra Joacine Katar Moreira". Poligrafo. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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- 1982 births
- 21st-century Portuguese politicians
- 21st-century women politicians
- Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal
- Living people
- LIVRE politicians
- Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
- Naturalised citizens of Portugal
- People from Bissau
- People with speech impediment
- Portuguese people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Women members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)