Pedro Miguel Soares Pinto (born July 1, 1977) is a Portuguese journalist,

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and politician of the Chega party and a member of the Assembly of the Republic for Faro since 2022. He performs the functions of Secretary-General in the party and is part of the inner circle of president

André Ventura André Claro Amaral Ventura (; born 15 January 1983) is a right-wing Portuguese politician and former sports pundit. He briefly worked as a senior civil servant at the Portuguese tax office. He founded the Chega party in April 2019, and was ...

Biography

Pinto was born in

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in 1977. He studied

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at the

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. After graduating, he worked as a journalist and became a director for ''Ruedo Ibérico'' magazine. He later founded an events organizing business. He was initially active in the

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before leaving to join Chega in 2019 and became Chega's district secretary in Beja where he was elected as a municipal councilor in 2020 before transferring to Faro. For the

2022 Portuguese legislative election Early legislative elections were held on 30 January 2022 in Portugal to elect members of the Assembly of the Republic to the 15th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic. All 230 seats to the Assembly of the Republic were up for election. ...

, he contested the Faro constituency and was elected to the Assembly of the Republic. In the Assembly he has focused on matters related to immigration and the

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policy. He is also president of the Chega parliamentary group. According to the magazine ''

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'', Pedro Pinto has made several public references to Estado Novo and praised Salazar.https://expresso.pt/politica/2022-02-17-varios-deputados-do-chega-fazem-referencias-a-salazar-e-ao-estado-novo

References

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