Paula Cardoso (Portugal) was elected Rapporteur of the General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment at the 2024 Annual Session in Bucharest.

She was re-elected at the 2025 Annual Session in Porto. She has been the Head of Portuguese Delegation at the OSCE PA since 2022 and is a member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism.

Cardoso is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). She first served as a Member of Parliament from 2009 to 2015 and was re-elected in 2022. She is the Chairperson of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Liberties, and Guarantees (First Committee).

With a background in law, she also serves as a Deputy Head of the PSD Parliamentary Group from 2022 to 2024.