José Pedro Aguiar-Branco

José Pedro Aguiar-Branco
Aguiar-Branco in 2015
President of the Assembly of the Republic
Assumed office
27 March 2024
Preceded byAugusto Santos Silva
Minister of National Defence
In office
21 June 2011 – 26 November 2015
Prime MinisterPedro Passos Coelho
Preceded byAugusto Santos Silva
Succeeded byJosé Alberto Azeredo Lopes
Minister of Justice
In office
17 July 2004 – 12 March 2005
Prime MinisterPedro Santana Lopes
Preceded byCeleste Cardona
Succeeded byAlberto Costa
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Assumed office
26 March 2024
ConstituencyViana do Castelo
In office
10 March 2005 – 20 January 2019
ConstituencyPorto
Personal details
Born
José Pedro Correia de Aguiar-Branco

(1957-07-18) July 18, 1957 (age 67)
Lordelo do Ouro, Porto, Portugal
Political partySocial Democratic Party (since 1974)
Spouse
Maria Helena Soares
(m. 1980)
Children5
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra

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]

Honours

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Personal life

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Aguiar-Branco married in 1980 Maria Helena Soares, with whom he has five children.[5]

He is a supporter of same-sex adoption.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Ministério da Defesa Nacional" (in Portuguese). Governo de Portugal. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  2. ^ "José Pedro Aguiar-Branco | PSD". www.psd.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. ^ "JPAB | José Pedro AGUIAR-BRANCO Advogados". www.jpab.pt. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Aguiar Branco é cabeça de lista da AD por Viana, Leitão Amaro por Viseu". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  5. ^ Santos, Pedro Emanuel (9 April 2024). "José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, o senador que o PSD recusa dispensar". noticiasmagazine.pt. Jornal de Notícias. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Aprovada adoção por casais homossexuais, Passos votou contra". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 9 March 2024.