Beatriz Porée
Deputy Beatriz Porée | |
|---|---|
Porée in 2024 | |
| Deputy of St Helier South | |
| Assumed office 27 June 2022 | |
| Serving with | |
| Majority | 88 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 or 1967 (age 57–58) Angola |
| Political party | Reform Jersey |
| Residence(s) | St Helier, Jersey |
| Known for | Being the first person of colour to serve as a member of the States Assembly |
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. She moved to Jersey in the late 1980s and founded a juice bar business in the Central Market. 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.