Rita Matias
Rita Maria Cid Matias | |
|---|---|
Rita Matias in 2022 | |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2024 | |
| Constituency | Setúbal |
| In office 29 March 2022 – 25 March 2024 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| President of Chega Youth | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 October 1998 |
| Party | CH (since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | JP (until 2019) |
| Spouse |
Hélio Filipe (m. 2025) |
| Alma mater | NOVA University Lisbon ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon |
| Occupation | Political scientist • Politician |
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Rita Maria Cid Matias (born 17 October 1998) is a Portuguese political scientist and politician. In the 2022 Portuguese legislative election, she was elected as a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal representing the far-right Chega party. She was the only woman out of 12 members of Chega elected in the 2022 Portuguese legislative election, becoming in that year the first female member of the parliament in the history of the party.