José Pedro Aguiar-Branco Explained

José Pedro Aguiar-Branco
Office1:Minister of National Defence
Primeminister1:Pedro Passos Coelho
Predecessor1:Augusto Santos Silva
Successor1:José Alberto Azeredo Lopes
Term Start1:21 June 2011
Term End1:26 November 2015
Office2:Minister of Justice
Primeminister2:Pedro Santana Lopes
Predecessor2:Celeste Cardona
Successor2:Alberto Costa
Term Start2:17 July 2004
Term End2:12 March 2005
Birth Name:José Pedro Correia de Aguiar-Branco
Birth Date:1957 7, mf=yes
Birth Place:Lordelo do Ouro, Porto, Portugal
Party:Social Democratic Party (since 1974)
Alma Mater:University of Coimbra
Term Start3:26 March 2024
Constituency3:Viana do Castelo
Children:5
Term Start4:10 March 2005
Term End4:20 January 2019
Constituency4:Porto
Office:President of the Assembly of the Republic
Term Start:27 March 2024
Predecessor:Augusto Santos Silva

José Pedro Correia de Aguiar-Branco (born 18 July 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who has been the President of the Assembly of the Republic since 2024, in the 16th Legislature. Previously he served as Minister of Justice from 2004 to 2005 and Minister of National Defence from 2011 to 2015.[1] [2] [3]

In 2024, he was elected as member of the Assembly of the Republic in the 2024 legislative elections, for the Viana do Castelo constituency.[4]

Honours

Foreign

Grand Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania (9 November 2019)

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (28 February 2018)

Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania (28 February 2018)

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (19 February 2018)

Personal life

Aguiar-Branco married in 1980 Maria Helena Soares, with whom he has five children.[5]

He is a supporter of same-sex adoption.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ministério da Defesa Nacional . . Portuguese . 2011-08-19.
  2. Web site: José Pedro Aguiar-Branco PSD . 2024-03-04 . www.psd.pt . pt-pt.
  3. Web site: JPAB José Pedro AGUIAR-BRANCO Advogados . 2024-03-04 . www.jpab.pt.
  4. Web site: Aguiar Branco é cabeça de lista da AD por Viana, Leitão Amaro por Viseu . 2024-03-07 . Jornal de Notícias . pt.
  5. Web site: José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, o senador que o PSD recusa dispensar. Santos. Pedro Emanuel. 9 April 2024. noticiasmagazine.pt. Jornal de Notícias. 29 July 2024.
  6. Web site: Aprovada adoção por casais homossexuais, Passos votou contra . 2024-03-09 . Jornal Expresso . pt-PT.