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Manuel Castro Almeida
Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister and of Territorial Cohesion
Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister and of Territorial Cohesion
Description
• Manuel Castro Almeida was born on 28 October 1957.
• He holds a Law Degree from Coimbra University.
• He began his professional life at 16 years of age as assistant clerk at São João da Madeira Town Hall and took his Law Degree as a worker-student.
• In 1982 he became senior staff and later director of the Northern Regional Coordination and Development Commission.
• He was Vice-Chairman of the Porto Metropolitan Council and Chairman of the Associations of Terras de Santa Maria municipalities.
• He was Secretary of State for Education and Sport from 1993 to 1995.
• He was a member of Parliament for the Social Democrats (PSD) from 1995 to 2002.
• He was Mayor of São João da Madeira from 2001 to 2011.
• He was Secretary of State for Regional Development from 2011 to 2015.
• He was Deputy Secretary-General, Vice-President, and National Adviser for the PSD.
• He has been Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister and of Territorial Cohesion since 2 April 2024
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