| Party: | Social Democratic Party |
| Term Start: | 2 July 2019 |
| Term End: | 6 July 2023 |
| Birth Date: | 25 May 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Coimbra, Portugal |
| Office: | Member of the European Parliament for Portugal |
| Birth Name: | Álvaro dos Santos Amaro |
| Office1: | Mayor of Guarda |
| Office2: | Mayor of Gouveia |
| Termstart1: | 29 September 2013 |
| Termstart2: | 16 December 2001 |
| Termend1: | 16 April 2019 |
| Termend2: | 29 September 2013 |
| Successor2: | Luís Tadeu |
| Successor1: | Carlos Alberto Monteiro |
| Predecessor2: | António Pacheco |
| Predecessor1: | Joaquim Valente |
| Term Start3: | 1 October 1995 |
| Term End3: | 16 December 2001 |
| Constituency3: | Guarda |
| Office4: | Secretary of State for Agriculture |
| Minister4: | Álvaro Barreto Arlindo Cunha António Duarte Silva |
| Primeminister4: | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Term Start4: | 17 August 1987 |
| Term End4: | 28 October 1995 |
| Successor: | Carlos Coelho |
Álvaro dos Santos Amaro (born 25 May 1953) is a Portuguese politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2023.[1]
Amaro was elected as Member of the European Parliament following the 2019 European elections. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the parliament's delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.[2]
In June 2019, Amaro was named a formal suspect in the Rota Final investigation case, due to his alleged involvement in a fraudulent scheme of rigging public contracting procedures while mayor of Guarda. He made a 40,000€ bail deposit and took office as MEP the following month.[3]
Amaro's parliamentary immunity was lifted in February 2021 following an indictment for malfeasance and fraud in obtaining EU funds for the GuardaFolia carnaval event in 2014.[4] These charges were dropped in July the same year, for lack of concrete evidence.[5]
In April 2023, Álvaro Amaro was charged for malfeasance in public-private partnerships established while mayor of Gouveia, between 2007 and 2011. He was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison (suspended by a fine of 25,000€ within a year) and stepped down as MEP shortly after.[6]