Maria do Carmo Romão, former Santa Casa administrator, dies

Maria do Carmo Romão Sacadura dos Santos, a former administrator of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa and a Socialist Party deputy, has died in Faro at the age of 89.

Born in Faro, Romão studied law at the University of Lisbon. Her career in public administration began in the 1960s. Following the April 25 revolution, she presided over the Commission on the Female Condition, a precursor to the current Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality. In 1989, she was appointed by President Mário Soares as the deputy secretary to the Governor of Macau.

Romão served as a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic for three legislatures, spanning the governments of António Guterres, Durão Barroso, and Pedro Santana Lopes. She also held the position of administrator (provedora) of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa from January 1996 to December 2001.