| Native Name: | instead.--> |
| Office: | Attorney General of Portugal |
| Term Start: | 9 October 2006 |
| Term End: | 12 October 2012 |
| Birth Name: | Fernando José de Matos Pinto Monteiro |
| Birth Date: | 5 April 1942 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Coimbra |
Fernando José de Matos Pinto Monteiro GCC (5 April 1942 – 8 June 2022) was a Portuguese lawyer, magistrate and judge.
He served as Attorney General of the Republic of Portugal from 2006 to 2012.[1]
Suspicions were raised when Monteiro had lunch with former Prime Minister José Sócrates a few days before his arrest on 22 November 2014 on suspicion of tax fraud, money laundering, and corruption.[2]
On 25 March 2015, he was accused over Antena 1 by the President of the Union of Magistrates of the Public Ministry António Ventinhas of impeding investigations of politicians.[3] [4]