Maria do Carmo Romão Sacadura dos Santos funeral scheduled in Faro

Funeral services for Maria do Carmo Romão Sacadura dos Santos are scheduled for Wednesday, September 30, at the Igreja dos Capuchos in Faro. The wake begins at 10:00, followed by a religious service at 14:45 and a procession to the Cemitério Novo de Faro. A seventh-day mass will be held in Lisbon on Friday, October 2, at the Igreja Paroquial de São Tomás de Aquino.

Romão Sacadura dos Santos was a prominent political figure who served three terms as a Socialist deputy in the Assembleia da República between 1995 and 2005. Her political career included serving as the deputy secretary to the Governor of Macau, a position for which she was appointed in 1989 by President Mário Soares.

Additionally, she presided over the Comissão da Condição Feminina and served as the provider for the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa from 1996 to 2001, a role for which she received public commendation from the government.