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Álvaro Castello-Branco

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Álvaro Castello-Branco
Adjunct Secretary of State and of National Defence
Assumed office
5 April 2024
Prime MinisterLuís Montenegro
MinisterNuno Melo
Vice President of the CDS – People's Party
Assumed office
3 April 2022
PresidentNuno Melo
Preceded byFilipe Lobo d'Ávila
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
23 October 2015 – 24 October 2019
ConstituencyPorto
In office
25 October 1995 – 9 October 2005
ConstituencyPorto
Deputy Mayor of Porto
In office
9 October 2005 – 24 January 2012
PresidentRui Rio
President of the CDS – People's Party of Porto
In office
14 July 1998 – 17 June 2018
Preceded byAntonino de Sousa
Succeeded byFernando Barbosa
Personal details
Born
Álvaro António Magalhães Ferrão de Castello-Branco

(1961-04-16) 16 April 1961 (age 63)
Bomfim, Porto, Portugal
Political partyCDS – People's Party
Children2
Alma materCatholic University of Portugal
OccupationLawyer • politician

Álvaro António Magalhães Ferrão de Castello-Branco (born 16 April 1961) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Assembly of the Republic between 1999 and 2009, and again between 2015 and 2019, for the CDS – People's Party.[1][2]

He is currently the vice President of CDS/PP party since 2022. He was President of CDS/PP of the Porto District and also Deputy Mayor of Porto, between 2005 and 2012.[3][4][5][6]

In January 2024, he was announced as sixteenth place on the Party lists for the 2024 Portuguese legislative election, of Democratic Alliance's Porto list for the 2024 Portuguese legislative election, but wasn't elected.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  2. ^ "Registo de Interesses". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  3. ^ "orgaosnacionais". www.cds.pt. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  4. ^ "Álvaro António Magalhães Ferrão de Castello-Branco". pagfam.geneall.net. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  5. ^ PÚBLICO, Lusa (2012-01-24). "Câmara do Porto aprova suspensão de mandato de Álvaro Castello-Branco". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  6. ^ "JP pode ter alternativa". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  7. ^ Lusa (2024-01-25). "CDS indica Álvaro Castello-Branco e Isabel Galriça Neto para listas do Porto e Lisboa". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  8. ^ "CDS-PP procura nomes para o "e se corre bem?"". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-07.