Marisa Matias

Marisa Isabel dos Santos Matias (born 20 February 1976) is a Portuguese sociologist and politician. She is a Member of the European Parliament, elected for the first time in 2009. Between 2010 and 2016 she was Vice-President of the Party of the European Left.
In November 2015, Matias announced her candidacy for President of Portugal in the 2016 elections, representing the Left Bloc party. She was also a candidate for Left Bloc in the 2021 Portuguese presidential election in which she came 5th, with 3.95% of the vote.