Beatriz Porée
Jersey politician
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- David Warr
Angola
Beatriz Borges de Sousa Vaz Moreno Porée is a Jersey politician who has served as Deputy for St Helier South since 2022.
Porée was born in Angola, but was raised in Portugal after becoming a child refugee in the Angolan Civil War.[1] She moved to Jersey in the late 1980s and founded a juice bar business in the Central Market.[1][2] Porée successfully ran for election in the 2022 general election as a Reform Jersey candidate in St Helier South, becoming the first person of colour and second person of Portuguese descent to be elected to the States Assembly.[3]
References
- ^ a b Porée, Beatriz. "Beatriz Porée". vote.je. States Greffe. Archived from the original on 12 April 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Juice bar founder striving for greater equality as election candidate". Bailiwick Express. 10 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Jersey makes history with first Deputy of colour". Bailiwick Express. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
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