| José Pedro Aguiar-Branco | |
| Office1: | Minister of National Defence |
| Primeminister1: | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Predecessor1: | Augusto Santos Silva |
| Successor1: | José Alberto Azeredo Lopes |
| Term Start1: | 21 June 2011 |
| Term End1: | 26 November 2015 |
| Office2: | Minister of Justice |
| Primeminister2: | Pedro Santana Lopes |
| Predecessor2: | Celeste Cardona |
| Successor2: | Alberto Costa |
| Term Start2: | 17 July 2004 |
| Term End2: | 12 March 2005 |
| Birth Name: | José Pedro Correia de Aguiar-Branco |
| Birth Date: | 1957 7, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Lordelo do Ouro, Porto, Portugal |
| Party: | Social Democratic Party (since 1974) |
| Alma Mater: | University of Coimbra |
| Term Start3: | 26 March 2024 |
| Constituency3: | Viana do Castelo |
| Children: | 5 |
| Term Start4: | 10 March 2005 |
| Term End4: | 20 January 2019 |
| Constituency4: | Porto |
| Office: | President of the Assembly of the Republic |
| Term Start: | 27 March 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Augusto Santos Silva |
José Pedro Correia de Aguiar-Branco (born 18 July 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who has been the President of the Assembly of the Republic since 2024, in the 16th Legislature. Previously he served as Minister of Justice from 2004 to 2005 and Minister of National Defence from 2011 to 2015.[1] [2] [3]
In 2024, he was elected as member of the Assembly of the Republic in the 2024 legislative elections, for the Viana do Castelo constituency.[4]
Grand Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania (9 November 2019)
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (28 February 2018)
Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania (28 February 2018)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (19 February 2018)
Aguiar-Branco married in 1980 Maria Helena Soares, with whom he has five children.[5]
He is a supporter of same-sex adoption.[6]
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