Eurico Jorge Nogueira Leite Brilhante Dias (born 15 March 1972) is a Portuguese politician who served as the leader of the Socialist Party's parliamentary group in the Assembly of the Republic from 2022 to 2024.

Political career

Brilhante Dias was a supporter of António José Seguro during the 2014 prime ministerial primaries. After

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defeated Seguro, Brilhante Dias was firstly elected to the Assembly of the Republic in Castelo Branco. He supported Maria de Belém Roseira's candidacy in the

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, criticizing the Socialist Party for not supporting a candidate in that election. In 2017, following Jorge Oliveira's resignation as Secretary of State for Internationalization, Brilhante Dias was appointed by António Costa for that position. After the 2022 election, Brilhante Dias was chosen for the position of leader of the Socialist parliamentary group, succeeding

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who became the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. Brilhante Dias supported José Luís Carneiro during the 2023 leadership election, that was ultimately won by

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. He was later chosen as the main candidate of the Socialist Party for

Leiria Leiria (; cel-x-proto, ɸlāryo) is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of its own distr ...

in the 2024 election.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dias, Eurico Brilhante 1972 births Government ministers of Portugal Living people Members of the 13th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Members of the 15th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Members of the 16th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Politicians from Lisbon Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians