Manuel Castro Almeida

Manuel Castro de Almeida (born 28 October 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who has been serving as Minister in Adjunct and for Territorial Cohesion in the government of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro since 2024.^[1][2][3]

Manuel Castro Almeida
Castro Almeida in 2024
Minister Adjunct and for Territorial Cohesion
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 April 2024
Prime Minister	Luís Montenegro
Preceded by	Ana Catarina Mendes (Minister Adjunct) Ana Abrunhosa (Minister for Territorial Cohesion)
Secretary of State for Regional Development
In office 13 April 2013 – 30 October 2015
Prime Minister	Pedro Passos Coelho
Minister	Miguel Poiares Maduro
Mayor of São João da Madeira
In office 16 December 2001 – 12 April 2013
Preceded by	Manuel Cambra
Succeeded by	Ricardo Figueiredo
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 6 October 1991 – 15 December 2001
Constituency	Aveiro
Secretary of State for Education and Sports
In office 7 December 1993 – 28 October 1995
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Minister	Manuela Ferreira Leite
Personal details
Born	Manuel de Castro Almeida (1957-10-28) 28 October 1957 (age 67) São João da Madeira, Portugal
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Coimbra
Occupation	Lawyer • Politician

Political career

Castro Almeida was Secretary of State for Regional Development in the government of Pedro Passos Coelho. Previously, he was a member of the Assembly of the Republic for the Social Democratic Party, Secretary of State for Education and Sports and Mayor of São João da Madeira.^[4][5]

With the arrival of Rui Rio as president of the Social Democratic Party, in 2018, Castro Almeida was chosen to be one of the party's vice-presidents.^[6] He resigned in July 2019.^[7]

References

1. Renascença (28 March 2024). "Castro Almeida regressa ao Governo para gerir fundos europeus - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 28 March 2024.
2. "Castro Almeida, o novo ministro Adjunto e da Coesão: o homem que venceu Pedro Nuno em S. João da Madeira volta à pasta dos fundos europeus". Expresso (in Portuguese). 28 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
3. "Manuel Castro Almeida ministro Adjunto e da Coesão Territorial do novo Governo". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 28 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
4. "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 28 March 2024.
5. Portugal, Grand Union. "Manuel Castro Almeida". www.historico.portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 March 2024.
6. Vieira, Álvaro (17 March 2018). "Castro Almeida: "As coisas não estão a correr bem"". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
7. Gomes, João Francisco. "Vice-presidente do PSD Manuel Castro Almeida afasta-se em desacordo com Rui Rio". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2024.