| António Tânger Corrêa | |
| Birth Name: | António Manuel Moreira Tânger Corrêa |
| Birth Date: | 24 April 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Party: | Chega (2019–present) |
| Otherparty: | CDS – People's Party (formerly) |
| Office: | Member of the European Parliament for Portugal |
| Term Start: | 16 July 2024 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Lisbon |
| Occupation: | Politician • Diplomat |
| Office1: | Vice President of Chega |
| Termstart1: | 20 September 2020 |
| President1: | André Ventura |
| Office2: | Ambassador of Portugal to Qatar |
| Termend2: | 24 August 2018 |
| Termstart2: | 18 October 2015 |
| Predecessor2: | Fernando Araújo |
| Successor2: | Ricardo Pracana |
| Office3: | Ambassador of Portugal to Egypt |
| Term Start3: | 12 May 2012 |
| Term End3: | 2 July 2015 |
| Office4: | Ambassador of Portugal to Lithuania |
| Term Start4: | 29 November 2005 |
| Term End4: | 1 December 2008 |
| Office5: | Portugal General Consul in Rio de Janeiro |
| Term Start5: | April 2003 |
| Term End5: | November 2005 |
| Office6: | Ambassador of Portugal to Israel |
| Term Start6: | 2 September 2001 |
| Term End6: | 7 April 2003 |
| Office7: | Ambassador of Portugal to Serbia and Montenegro |
| Term Start7: | 17 March 1999 |
| Term End7: | 19 June 2001 |
| Office8: | Head of the Portugal Temporary Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Term Start8: | March 1996 |
| Term End8: | October 1998 |
| Office9: | Portugal General Consul in Goa |
| Term Start9: | October 1993 |
| Term End9: | March 1996 |
| Office10: | Portugal General Consul in Toronto |
| Term Start10: | November 1984 |
| Term End10: | July 1986 |
| Predecessor3: | Duarte Rocha |
| Successor3: | Maria Madalena Fischer |
| Successor6: | Pedro de Abreu Bártolo |
| Predecessor6: | José Filipe Moraes Cabra |
| Predecessor7: | Rogério Silvestre Lopes |
| Successor7: | António Russo Dias |
| Antonio Tânger | |
| Classes: | Soling |
| Club: | CIMAV |
| Updated: | 2024 |
| Height: | 1.65m (05.41feet) |
António Manuel Moreira Tânger Corrêa (born 24 April 1952) is a politician, former diplomat and sailor from Portugal. He is the first Vice President of the Portuguese political party Chega, led by André Ventura.[1]
Tânger Corrêa was elected a Member of the European Parliament in the 2024 European election, and is expected to be sworn-in in the upcoming Tenth European Parliament.[2]
In 1974, after the revolution of April 25, he was Secretary General of the Centrist Youth (CDS-PP) and in 1980, he was for a year Deputy to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, in the government of the Democratic Alliance (AD) by Francisco Sá Carneiro.[3] [4]
António Tânger Corrêa is the current Vice President of the Portuguese political party Chega, by appointment of the party leader André Ventura.[5]
Tânger Corrêa is the Chega main candidate to the 2024 European elections.[6]
He was a diplomat for over four decades (1981–2018), he was consul general of Portugal in Goa and Rio de Janeiro, ambassador of Portugal to Bosnia, Serbia, Israel, Egypt, Qatar, Lithuania, and second secretary of the Portuguese embassy in Beijing.[7] [8]
As Portuguese diplomat he was involved in at least two scandals that cost taxpayers thousands of euros. António Tânger Corrêa was suspended in 2009 for 90 days due to various irregularities found in the management of the Portuguese embassy in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.
He represented Portugal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain as helmsman in the Soling. With crew members Ricardo Batista and Luis Miguel Santos where the team reached 21st place.[9]
See main article: 2024 European Parliament election in Portugal. |-! colspan="2" | Party! Candidate! Votes! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−|-| style="background:;"|| align="left"|PS| align=left |Marta Temido || 1,268,915 || 32.1 || 8 || style="color:red;"| –1|-| style="background:;"|| align="left"|AD| align=left |Sebastião Bugalho || 1,229,895 || 31.1 || 7 || ±0|-| style="background:#202056;"|| align="left"| Chega| align=left |António Tânger Corrêa || 387,068 || 9.8 || 2 || style="color:green;"| +2|-| style="background:;"|| align="left"| IL| align=left |João Cotrim de Figueiredo || 358,811 || 9.1 || 2 || style="color:green;"| +2|-| style="background:;"|| align="left"| BE| align=left |Catarina Martins || 168,107 || 4.3 || 1 || style="color:red;"| –1|-| style="background:;"|| align="left"| CDU| align=left |João Oliveira || 162,630 || 4.1 || 1 || style="color:red;"| –1|-| style="background:;"|| align="left"| Livre| align=left |Francisco Paupério || 148,572 || 3.8 || 0 || ±0|-| style="background:#1D4E89;"|| align="left"| ADN| align=left |Joana Amaral Dias || 54,120 || 1.4 || 0 || ±0|-| style="background:teal;"|| align="left"| PAN| align=left |Pedro Fidalgo Marques || 48,006 || 1.2 || 0 || style="color:red;"| –1|-| style="background:white;"|| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties| 48,647 || 1.2 || 0 || ±0|-| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots | 77,208 || 2.0 || – || –|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout| 3,951,979 || 36.63 || 21 || ±0|-| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[10] |}