Nuno Miguel Miranda de Magalhães (born 4 March 1972) is a Portuguese

lawyer A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, or represent individuals in legal matters. The exact nature of a lawyer's work varies depending on the legal jurisdiction and the legal system, as w ...

and

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. He is a member of the

CDS – People's Party The CDS – People's Party (, derived from ''Centro Democrático e Social – Partido Popular'', CDS–PP)

and was a member of the Assembly of the Republic for

Setúbal Setúbal ( , , ; ), officially the City of Setúbal (), is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the entire municipality in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies withi ...

between

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

and

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

. He was born in

Luanda Luanda ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Angola, largest city of Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Ang ...

Portuguese Angola In southwestern Africa, Portuguese Angola was a historical Evolution of the Portuguese Empire, colony of the Portuguese Empire (1575–1951), the overseas province Portuguese West Africa of Estado Novo (Portugal), Estado Novo Portugal (1951–1 ...

and moved to Portugal in 1974 during decolonisation, and settled in

Caldas da Rainha Caldas da Rainha () is a medium-sized Portugal, Portuguese city in the Oeste Subregion, Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura Province (1936–1976), Estremadura, and in the Leiria District, district of Leiria. The city serves a ...

. He qualified as a lawyer in 1996. Magalhães was elected CDS–PP parliamentary leader in June 2011 by unanimous vote from the party's 24 legislators. He was re-elected to the role several times, including again unanimously in March 2017. In January 2012, Portuguese news sources named Magalhães as one of three parliamentary leaders who are

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. He said that although he is not a member of the fraternity, he attends their events with his wife, who is a member.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Magalhaes, Nuno 1972 births Living people Politicians from Luanda Angolan people of Portuguese descent CDS – People's Party politicians Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) 20th-century Portuguese lawyers People from Caldas da Rainha