Maria do Carmo Medina
Maria do Carmo Medina | |
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| Born | December 7, 1925 Lisbon |
| Died | February 10, 2014 (aged 88) Lisbon |
| Occupation(s) | Judge, Professor of Law |
| Years active | 1976 – 1997 |
Maria do Carmo Medina (7 December 1925 – 10 February 2014) was a Portuguese-born Angolan human rights defender, pro-Angola independence campaigner, academic, and the first female judge of Luanda Court of Appeal in Angola.
In 1956, at the age of 14, Medina emigrated to Angola following her inability to find a job in Portugal, due to damaging reports against her by the police. She became an Angolan citizen in 1976, a year after the country’s independence.