Miguel de Oliveira Pires da Costa Matos (born May 29, 1994) is a Portuguese politician. He served as Secretary General of Socialist Youth. He became a member of the

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for the

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in 2019. At 26, he was the youngest to become a member of Parliament.

Early life

He earned a degree in philosophy, politics and economics from the

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and a

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in economics from

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. At Warwick, he was elected twice as Undergraduate Student Representative for the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Career

He collaborated in the drafting of the

Electoral Program for the 2009 legislative election. He worked as an economic assistant in the Prime Minister's Office from September 2017 to October 2019. He became President of the

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Urban Area Federation of Socialist Youth in 2017 and is a mayor in the Parish Assembly of the Union of Parishes of

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and

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and the Municipal Assembly of

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. He was elected to the Portuguese Parliament in 2019 as a member of the Socialist Party in the Lisbon constituency. He is a member of the Budget and Finance Committee and the Environment Committee.

References

Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians 1994 births Living people NOVA University Lisbon alumni Alumni of the University of Warwick {{DEFAULTSORT:Matos, Miguel Costa