André Lourenço e Silva (born 2 April 1976) is a Portuguese politician who is the former spokesperson of

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(PAN). Silva was born in the

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parish of São Cristóvão e São Lourenço (now Santa Maria Maior) on the same day that Portugal's current constitution was enacted. He is a qualified civil engineer, and a vegetarian. He succeeded Paulo Borges as spokesperson of PAN in October 2014. In the 2015 legislative election, he was top of the party's list in the

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, and was the first PAN representative elected to the Assembly of the Republic. This made them the first new party in parliament since the

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. He was re-elected in October 2019 along with three other members of his party, allowing them the number needed to form a parliamentary group. In March 2021, Silva announced he was leaving the leadership of the party to dedicate more time to his family.

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