João Azevedo (Portuguese politician)
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João Azevedo | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| Assumed office 28 March 2022 | |
| Constituency | Viseu |
| In office 25 October 2019 – 4 December 2021 | |
| Constituency | Viseu |
| Member of the Viseu City Council | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2021 | |
| Mayor of Mangualde | |
| In office 31 October 2009 – 25 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | António Soares Marques |
| Personal details | |
| Born | João Nuno Ferreira Gonçalves Azevedo 6 December 1974 Viseu, Portugal |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
João Azevedo (born 6 December 1974) is a Portuguese MP and politician. He is a Member of the Portuguese Assembly in the 14th legislature for the Socialist Party (PS). He has a degree in Physical Education.[1]
Azevedo was the mayor of Mangualde, his hometown, since 2009 and left office halfway through, in 2019, to take up the position of deputy in the Assembly of the Republic, for which he is running as PS list head in Viseu in the 2019 legislative elections.
He is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities, the Committee on Public Administration, Administrative Modernisation, Decentralisation and Local Government and a substitute on the Committee on Transparency and the Research of Members of Parliament.
On 29 May 2020, it was announced that he would be a candidate for Viseu City Council, in the 2021 local elections. He lost the election to Fernando Ruas, but was elected as a councillor for Viseu City Council for the 2021-2025 term.[2][3]
Following the Socialist Party winning an absolute majority in the 2022 legislative elections, Azevedo reported that he was invited by António Costa to form part of his new government. However, Azevedo rejected the invitation, stating he his determined to win the Viseu City Council and that's his promise to the people of Viseu.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "João Azevedo é a aposta de Costa para a Câmara de Viseu". Diário de Coimbra. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ^ Lusa, Agência. "Deputado João Azevedo é o candidato pelo PS à Câmara de Viseu". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ^ "João Azevedo está fora do Governo... mas porque recusou". Jornal do Centro. 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2024-01-28.