| Bernardo Blanco | |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Party: | Liberal Initiative |
| Alma Mater: | Catholic University of Portugal |
| Term Start: | 29 March 2022 |
| Constituency: | Lisbon |
| Birth Name: | Bernardo Alves Martinho Amaral Blanco |
| Birth Date: | 19 November 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Torres Vedras, Portugal |
Bernardo Alves Martinho Amaral Blanco (19 November 1995),[1] is a Portuguese politician. He is currently a Member of Parliament and vice-president of the executive committee of the Liberal Initiative.
Blanco was born in Torres Vedras in 1995. He holds a degree in management from Catholic University of Portugal, where he also took a Master's in political science. He has worked in the private sector, first at OLX as product manager, then as a member of the strategy team at Liberty Seguros[2] and later at Deloitte.[3] He joined the Liberal Initiative (IL) and was head of the list for the District of Leiria in the 2019 legislative election. In the following Portuguese legislative election, the 2022 legislative election, he rejoined the lists, this time for Lisbon, and was elected MP to the Portuguese Parliament.[4] He was vice-president of the Mises Portugal Institute and local coordinator of Students for Liberty. He is also author of the blog "O Insurgente",[5] with his fellow IL MPs Carlos Guimarães Pinto and Rui Rocha.[6]