Maria Barroso, Portuguese actress and politician (born 1925)

Maria de Jesus Simões Barroso Soares, GCL was a Portuguese actress, teacher and political and social activist, having been one of the founders of the Socialist Party (PS), in Germany, in 1973. As the wife of the 17th President of Portugal, Mário Soares, she was the first-lady of the country between 1986 and 1996.