José Pedro Aguiar-Branco

José Pedro Correia de Aguiar-Branco (born 18 July 1957) is a Portuguese 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.

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
Lordelo do Ouro, Porto, Portugal
Political partySocial Democratic Party (since 1974)
Spouse
Maria Helena Soares
(m. 1980)
Children5
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra

He is a supporter of same-sex adoption.

In 2024, he was elected as member of the Assembly of the Republic in the 2024 legislative elections, for the Viana do Castelo constituency.

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