João Almeida | |
Constituency: | Porto |
Office2: | Secretary of State of Internal Administration |
Term Start2: | 30 December 2013 |
Term End2: | 26 November 2015 |
Birth Name: | João Rodrigo Pinho de Almeida |
Birth Date: | 11 September 1976 |
Birth Place: | São João da Madeira, Portugal |
Party: | CDS – People's Party |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | Catholic University of Portugal |
Occupation: | Jurist • Politician |
Termend1: | 28 March 2022 |
Termstart1: | 4 April 2002 |
Constituency1: | Lisbon (2002–2009) Porto (2009–2015) Aveiro (2015–2022) |
Term Start: | 5 April 2024 |
Primeminister2: | Pedro Passos Coelho |
Minister2: | Miguel Macedo Anabela Miranda Rodrigues João Calvão da Silva |
Office3: | Member of the São João da Madeira City Council |
Term Start3: | 26 September 2021 |
Office4: | President of the People's Youth |
Term Start4: | 1999 |
Term End4: | 2007 |
Predecessor4: | Pedro Mota Soares |
Successor4: | Pedro Moutinho |
João Rodrigo Pinho de Almeida (born 11 September 1976) is a Portuguese jurist and politician who was a member of the Assembly of the Republic from 2002 to 2022, and again since 2024, as a member of the CDS – People's Party.[1] [2] He was also Secretary of State of Internal Administration in the XIX Constitutional Government and in the XX Constitutional Government, led by Pedro Passos Coelho.[3]
He succeeded Nuno Melo as a member of Parliament when he resigned to be Minister of National Defence. Almeida and Paulo Núncio are the MPs of the CDS-PP.[4]