Carlos Manuel Guimarães Oliveira Pinto, better known as Carlos Guimarães Pinto (born in Espinho, Portugal, in 1983), is a Portuguese economist, author, university professor,

think tank A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governmenta ...

executive, blogger and politician. A prominent member of the

Liberal Initiative The Liberal Initiative ( pt, Iniciativa Liberal, , IL) is a liberal political party in Portugal currently led by João Cotrim de Figueiredo. In 2019, its debut year at the Portuguese legislative elections, the party won one seat in the Portugu ...

, on October 13, 2018, he became the president of the party, a position he left on December 8, 2019 being succeeded by

João Cotrim de Figueiredo João Fernando Cotrim de Figueiredo (born 24 June 1961) is a Portuguese businessman and Liberal Initiative (Portugal), Liberal Initiative politician. He was the party's first member of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Assembly of the Repub ...

. He is a founder of the think tank +Liberdade, a non-profit institute that promotes

democracy Democracy (From grc, δημοκρατία, dēmokratía, ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which people, the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation ("direct democracy"), or to choo ...

, market economy and

individual freedom Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology and social outlook that emphasizes the intrinsic worth of the individual. Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires and to value independence and self-reli ...

in Portugal. In 2022, he was elected member of the Assembly of the Republic by the

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

electoral district.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Guimaraes Pinto, Carlos 1983 births Living people Catholic University of Portugal alumni University of Porto alumni 21st-century Portuguese economists Liberal Initiative people

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