Álvaro Castello-Branco | |
Birth Name: | Álvaro António Magalhães Ferrão de Castello-Branco |
Birth Date: | 16 April 1961 |
Birth Place: | Bomfim, Porto, Portugal |
Party: | CDS – People's Party |
Alma Mater: | Catholic University of Portugal |
Office2: | Vice President of the CDS – People's Party |
Term Start2: | 3 April 2022 |
Predecessor2: | Filipe Lobo d'Ávila |
President2: | Nuno Melo |
Occupation: | Lawyer • politician |
Term Start4: | 23 October 2015 |
Term Start5: | 25 October 1995 |
Term End4: | 24 October 2019 |
Term End5: | 9 October 2005 |
Constituency4: | Porto |
Constituency5: | Porto |
Office6: | Deputy Mayor of Porto |
Term Start6: | 9 October 2005 |
Term End6: | 24 January 2012 |
President6: | Rui Rio |
Office7: | President of the CDS – People's Party of Porto |
Term Start7: | 14 July 1998 |
Term End7: | 17 June 2018 |
Successor7: | Fernando Barbosa |
Predecessor7: | Antonino de Sousa |
Children: | 2 |
Office1: | Adjunct Secretary of State and of National Defence |
Minister1: | Nuno Melo |
Termstart1: | 5 April 2024 |
Primeminister1: | Luís Montenegro |
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]