Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo

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Image:Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo.gif Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (pron. IPA /Template:IPA/; (full name Maria de Lurdes Ruivo da Silva Matos Pintasilgo) January 18, 1930-July 10, 2004) was the first woman (and the only to date) to serve as Prime Minister of Portugal.

A left-wing Catholic, she was close to the Socialist Party and was Minister of Social Affairs and then Ambassador to UNESCO before briefly serving as Prime Minister in 1979-1980. Afterward she ran for President in 1986 and served in the European Parliament from 1987 to 1989.

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