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Ossanda Líber João Filipe Cruz dos Santos (born 15 September 1977 in Luanda) is a Portuguese politician of Angolan descent.[1] She is the founder and current President of Nova Direita, a conservative political party.[2]
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She was an unsuccessful candidate Mayor of Lisbon and for Lisbon City Council in the 2021 local election, representing the civic movement "Somos Todos Lisboa".[3]
She was a candidate for the European constituency in the 2022 legislative elections, and was vice-president of the Alliance party. In 2022 she founded the Nova Direita party.[4][5]
The first time she tried to establish Nova Direita as a political party, it was rejected by the Constitutional Court due to the lack of the minimum number of 7500 signatures. The second time, in December 2023, the Constitutional Court rejected the application for registration as a political party of the New Right movement, considering that the statutes did not meet the legal requirements.[6] Nova Direita was registered by the Constitutional Court on January 9, 2024.
Biography edit
Liber was born in the Angolan capital Luanda in 1977.[7] She studied law and later moved to Paris, France, where she established her family. Having difficulty continuing her university studies due to the foreign language, she moved with her husband and her eldest daughter to Portugal, firstly to Coimbra and in 2004 to Lisbon.[citation needed]
Having interrupted her law course, Ossanda dedicated three years to audiovisual production and writing for cinema, at Restart - Institute of Creativity, Arts and New Technologies in Lisbon. She was Director of the Hola Lisboa film festival. However, due to the financial instability of the sector, Ossanda began working in the business area where she invested in Angolan and Portuguese companies.
During the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ossanda began to think about "the role of the city with people" and gained visibility when she ran for the independent movement "Somos Todos Lisboa" for Lisbon City Council in 2021. She became vice-president of the Alliance Party, resigning from the position and disaffiliating in February 2022.
In April 2022, Ossanda Líber was involved in the creation of a new party in the country, called Nova Direita, whose signatures were delivered to the Constitutional Court in March 2023. The Nova Direita Party was registered by the Constitutional Court on January 9, 2024. The party contested the 2024 Portuguese legislative election but won no seats.[8] It will contest the 2024 European Parliament election in Portugal.[9]
In April 2024, she spoke at the National Conservatism Conference.[10]
Personal life edit
She is married to Nuno Miguel Cruz dos Santos, a winemaker from Viseu. She is the daughter of António Pedro Filipe Júnior, a cardiologist, and Maria José João, a psychologist.[citation needed] Ossanda Líber is the mother of 4 children.[citation needed]
She holds trinational citizenship; Portuguese, Angolan and French nationality.[11]
Electoral history edit
Legislative elections edit
| Date | Party | Constituency | Position on party list | Place | Votes | % | +/- | Status | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | A | Europe | 1st (out of 2) | 18th | 84 | 0.08 / 100.00
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Not elected | [12] | |||
| 2024 | ND | Lisbon | 1st (out of 48) | 13th | 2,365 | 0.18 / 100.00
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Not elected | President of Nova Direita | [13] | ||
Local elections edit
City Council edit
| Date | Party | Constituency | Position on party list | Place | Votes | % | +/- | Status | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independent | Lisbon | 1st (out of 17) | 9th | 864 | 0.36 / 100.00
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Not elected | Movimento "Somos Todos Lisboa" | [14] | ||
References edit
- ^ "Portuguesa de origem angolana funda novo partido em Portugal" [Portuguese woman of Angolan origin founds new party in Portugal]. dw.com (in Portuguese). 16 March 2023. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ euconedit (2023-05-30). "Portugal's New Conservative Party". europeanconservative.com. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ Lusa (2021-08-25). "Há mais uma candidata à Câmara de Lisboa: é independente e chama-se Ossanda Liber" [There is one more candidate for the Lisbon Chamber: she is independent and her name is Ossanda Liber]. PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ "Aliança: cabeça de lista na Europa foi candidata à Câmara de Lisboa" [Aliança: head of the list in Europe was a candidate for Lisbon City Council]. BOM DIA (in Portuguese). 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ "Ossanda Liber cria partido NOVA DIREITA" [Ossanda Liber creates NOVA DIREITA party]. Jornal SOL (in European Portuguese). 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ Tavares, Isabel (28 December 2023). "TC chumba pedido para Nova Direita ser partido político" [TC rejects request for Nova Direita to be a political party]. SAPO.
- ^ Gomes, Tomás Albino (24 September 2021). "Habitação, racismo, Sarkozy e a importância do diálogo. Quem é Ossanda Liber, a candidata independente a Lisboa?" [Housing, racism, Sarkozy and the importance of dialogue. Who is Ossanda Liber, the independent candidate for Lisbon?]. SAPO 24 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ Lusa (2024-01-17). "Estreante Nova Direita quer ser "ponto de equilíbrio" entre PSD e Chega" [Newcomer Nova Direita wants to be a “point of balance” between PSD and Chega]. PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Europeias 2024". NOVA DIREITA (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Ossanda Liber". National Conservatism Conference, Brussels 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ "Chama-se Ossanda Liber. É mulher, imigrante e líder da Nova Direita em Portugal" [Her name is Ossanda Liber. She is a woman, immigrant and leader of the New Right in Portugal]. Nova Direita. 3 March 2023. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Eleições Legislativas 2022". legislativas2022.mai.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ "Eleições Legislativas 2024". legislativas2024.mai.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ "A carregar..." www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
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