Maria da Paixão da Costa

Maria da Paixão de Jesus da Costa (born April 2, 1960) is a politician and diplomat from East Timor. She is a member of the Partido Social Democrata (PSD) and was vice president of the party.

Biography
Costa was born in Remexio in Aileu Municipality. She completed a degree in political science at the National University of East Timor. During the United Nations administration of East Timor, she was district administrator for her home district of Aileu. She then served as a deputy in the National Parliament in the first and second legislatures, from 2002 to 2012.

From 2014 to 2020, she was East Timor's ambassador to Portugal.