Marcos Perestrello

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Marcos Perestrello
Vice President of the Assembly of the Republic
Assumed office
27 March 2024
PresidentJosé Pedro Aguiar-Branco
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Assumed office
20 June 2011
ConstituencyLisbon
In office
10 March 2005 – 15 October 2009
ConstituencyBeja
Secretary of State for National Defence
In office
26 November 2015 – 17 October 2018
Prime MinisterAntónio Costa
MinisterJosé Alberto Azeredo Lopes
Secretary of State for National Defence and Maritime Affairs
In office
26 October 2009 – 21 June 2011
Prime MinisterJosé Sócrates
MinisterAugusto Santos Silva
Personal details
Born
Marcos da Cunha e Lorena Perestrello de Vasconcelos

(1971-08-23) 23 August 1971 (age 52)
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon
OccupationLawyer • Politician

Marcos da Cunha e Lorena Perestrello de Vasconcelos (born 23 August 1971) is a Portuguese politician. He is currently a member of the Portuguese Parliament and Chairman of the Parliament's National Defense Committee. He was Portuguese Secretary of State for National Defense in António Costa's government and Secretary of State for National Defense and Maritime Affairs in José Sócrates' government.

Biography[edit]

He graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.[1]

He was Assistant to the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs (1999–2000) and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State for Internal Administration (1995–1999).[2]

In 2001, he founded and took over the management of CIMASA — Centro de Informação, Mediação e Arbitragem de Seguros Automóveis, which brings together representatives of insurance companies, through the Associação Portuguesa de Seguradores, consumers, through DECO, and motorists, through the ACP.[1] He headed this organization until 2007.[2]

In 2004, he was elected a member of the National Secretariat of the PS, a position he resigned in October 2010 to become President of the Lisbon Federation of the same party.[1]

In 2005, he was elected a member of the Portuguese Parliament and vice-chairman of the PS Parliamentary Group, having held parliamentary seats in the X, XII, XIII, XIV and XV legislatures.[2]

In 2007, he was elected as a city councillor and, until 2009, he was deputy mayor of Lisbon. During the 18th Constitutional Government, he became Secretary of State for National Defense and Maritime Affairs, from 2009 to 2011.[2]

In 2015, after being elected as a Member of Parliament, he was also part of the 21st Constitutional Government as Secretary of State for National Defense[3][4] until 2018, when he resumed his previous duties as a Member of Parliament.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "PERFIL DO PRESIDENTE. Marcos Perestrello". psfaul.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  2. ^ a b c d "Marcos Perestrello :: Secretário de Estado :: Ver Equipa :: Governo de Portugal". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  3. ^ "PRESIDÊNCIA DA REPÚBLICA" (PDF). files.diariodarepublica.pt (in Portuguese). November 26, 2015. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  4. ^ "Marcos Perestrello - Secretary of State of National Defense". www.portugal.gov.pt. Retrieved 2023-09-05.

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