Miguel Pinto Luz | |
Birth Name: | Miguel Martinez de Castro Pinto Luz |
Birth Date: | 8 March 1977 |
Birth Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
Party: | Social Democratic Party |
Alma Mater: | Instituto Superior Técnico |
Office2: | Vice President of the Social Democratic Party |
Term Start2: | 3 July 2022 |
Term Start3: | 30 October 2015 |
Office3: | Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications |
Term End3: | 26 November 2015 |
Predecessor2: | Isaura Morais |
President2: | Luís Montenegro |
Primeminister3: | Pedro Passos Coelho |
Office4: | Member of the Cascais City Council |
Term End4: | 25 January 2024 |
Term Start4: | 9 October 2005 |
Children: | 3 |
Term Start1: | 26 March 2024 |
Constituency1: | Faro |
Occupation: | Electrical engineer • Politician |
Minister3: | Miguel Morais Leitão |
Office: | Minister of Infrastructure and Housing |
Term Start: | 2 April 2024 |
Predecessor: | António Costa (Infrastructure; caretaker) Marina Gonçalves (Housing) |
Primeminister: | Luís Montenegro |
Termend1: | 2 April 2024 |
Miguel Martinez de Castro Pinto Luz (born 8 March 1977) is a Portuguese politician who is currently serving as Vice President of the Social Democratic Party since 3 July 2022.[1] He has been Minister of Infrastructure and Housing since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.[2]
Pinto Luz has also served as Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transportation and Communications during the 20th Constitutional Government[3] and as Deputy Mayor of Cascais from 2017 to 2024.[4] [5]
Pinto Luz was a candidate for the Social Democratic Party leadership in 2020 against Rui Rio and Luís Montenegro,[6] coming third with less than 10% of the votes and failing to go to a runoff. During the campaign, he supported an alliance with Chega in case the PSD needed them to form a government.[7]
After the 2022 leadership election, Pinto Luz became one of the Vice presidents of Luís Montenegro. He was chosen as the main candidate from Faro in the 2024 legislative election, a decision that was widely criticized by all the municipal party leaderships.[8]