Álvaro Castello-Branco

Portuguese politician and lawyer (born 1961)

Álvaro Castello-Branco

Adjunct Secretary of State and of National Defence

Incumbent

Assumed office
5 April 2024
Prime Minister| Luís Montenegro
Minister| Nuno Melo
Vice President of the CDS – People's Party

Incumbent

Assumed office
3 April 2022
President| Nuno Melo
Preceded by| Filipe Lobo d'Ávila
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
23 October 2015 – 24 October 2019
Constituency| Porto
In office
25 October 1995 – 9 October 2005
Constituency| Porto
Deputy Mayor of Porto
In office
9 October 2005 – 24 January 2012
President| Rui Rio
President of the CDS – People's Party of Porto
In office
14 July 1998 – 17 June 2018
Preceded by| Antonino de Sousa
Succeeded by| Fernando Barbosa
Personal details
Born|

Álvaro António Magalhães Ferrão de Castello-Branco

(1961-04-16) 16 April 1961 (age 64)
Bomfim, Porto, Portugal
Political party| CDS – People's Party
Children| 2
Alma mater| Catholic University of Portugal
Occupation| Lawyer • 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]

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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.