Maria Dantas | |
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Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 16 May 2019 – 30 May 2023 | |
Constituency | Barcelona |
Personal details | |
Born | Maria das Graças Carvalho Dantas 21 May 1969 Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil |
Political party | Republican Left of Catalonia |
Other political affiliations | Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists |
Alma mater | |
Maria das Graças Carvalho Dantas (born 21 May 1969), known as Maria Dantas, is a Brazilian- Spanish activist and politician who had served as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
Dantas was born on 21 May 1969 in Aracaju in north-eastern Brazil. [1] [2] She is the daughter of a merchant and a nurse. [2] [3] She has a degree in law from the Federal University of Sergipe. [3] [4] She was a student of Carlos Ayres Britto at the university. [5]
Dantas worked as a deputy delegate for the civil police in Sergipe. [2] [6]
Dantas migrated to Spain in 1994 in order to study environmental law. [2] [6] She was an undocumented migrant and worked in various jobs over 15 years – as a maid, nanny, old age carer, dog walker, waitress and Portuguese teacher. [2] [6] She would clean toilets after attending doctorate classes. [2] [3] She later worked as an administrative assistant for a finance company. [7] She is a naturalised Spanish citizen. [3] [8]
Soon after arriving in Spain Dantas became an activist against xenophobia, racism, fascism and homophobia and supporting immigration and human rights. [4] She is a member of Unity Against Fascism and Racism (Unitat Contra el Feixisme i el Racisme) and is a member of the boards of Centre Internacional Escarré per a les Minories Ètniques i Nacionals (CIEMEN) and Confederació d’Associacions Veïnals de Catalunya (CONFAVC). [9] Her activism has led to death threats from supporters of Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. [4]
Dantas contested the 2019 general election as a Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies. [10] [11]
Dantas has a son, Thiago Lee, from a marriage when she was living in Brazil. [12] She also has two daughters born in Barcelona, Victoria and Natalia, from a second relationship to a Brazilian. [6] [12]
Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | No. | Result | ||
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2019 general [10] [11] | Province of Barcelona | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists | 18 | Elected |
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Maria Dantas | |
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Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 16 May 2019 – 30 May 2023 | |
Constituency | Barcelona |
Personal details | |
Born | Maria das Graças Carvalho Dantas 21 May 1969 Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil |
Political party | Republican Left of Catalonia |
Other political affiliations | Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists |
Alma mater | |
Maria das Graças Carvalho Dantas (born 21 May 1969), known as Maria Dantas, is a Brazilian- Spanish activist and politician who had served as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
Dantas was born on 21 May 1969 in Aracaju in north-eastern Brazil. [1] [2] She is the daughter of a merchant and a nurse. [2] [3] She has a degree in law from the Federal University of Sergipe. [3] [4] She was a student of Carlos Ayres Britto at the university. [5]
Dantas worked as a deputy delegate for the civil police in Sergipe. [2] [6]
Dantas migrated to Spain in 1994 in order to study environmental law. [2] [6] She was an undocumented migrant and worked in various jobs over 15 years – as a maid, nanny, old age carer, dog walker, waitress and Portuguese teacher. [2] [6] She would clean toilets after attending doctorate classes. [2] [3] She later worked as an administrative assistant for a finance company. [7] She is a naturalised Spanish citizen. [3] [8]
Soon after arriving in Spain Dantas became an activist against xenophobia, racism, fascism and homophobia and supporting immigration and human rights. [4] She is a member of Unity Against Fascism and Racism (Unitat Contra el Feixisme i el Racisme) and is a member of the boards of Centre Internacional Escarré per a les Minories Ètniques i Nacionals (CIEMEN) and Confederació d’Associacions Veïnals de Catalunya (CONFAVC). [9] Her activism has led to death threats from supporters of Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. [4]
Dantas contested the 2019 general election as a Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies. [10] [11]
Dantas has a son, Thiago Lee, from a marriage when she was living in Brazil. [12] She also has two daughters born in Barcelona, Victoria and Natalia, from a second relationship to a Brazilian. [6] [12]
Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | No. | Result | ||
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2019 general [10] [11] | Province of Barcelona | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists | 18 | Elected |
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