Manuel Magno
{{Short description|Portuguese-Brazilian lawyer and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Manuel Magno
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Manuel Magno - CHEGA Plenário.jpg
| caption = Magno Alves in 2024
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|3|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chaves, Portugal
| party = Chega (2023–present)
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| occupation = Lawyer • Politician
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| office1 = {{MP PT}}
| term_start1 = 26 March 2024
| constituency1 = Outside Europe
| relatives =
| birth_name = Manuel Magno Alves
| otherparty = Social Democratic Party (until 2023)
| citizenship = Portugal • Brazil
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| alma_mater = University of São Paulo
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Manuel Magno Alves (born 5 March 1948) is a Portuguese-Brazilian lawyer and politician. Currently, he serves as a member of the Assembly of the Republic, for CHEGA, for the Outside Europe constituency.{{Cite web |last=redacao.2 |date=2024-02-11 |title=Manuel Magno Alves, candidato pela emigração pelo círculo de fora da Europa pelo CHEGA |url=https://e-global.pt/noticias/exclusivo/queremos-o-respeito-que-nunca-nos-foi-dado-pelos-diversos-governos-manuel-magno-alves-chega/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=e-Global |language=pt-PT}}{{Cite web |date=2024-03-21 |title=Visão {{!}} Manuel Magno Alves: o emigrante português de sucesso que trocou Chaves por São Paulo há 70 anos e regressa a Portugal para ser deputado do Chega |url=https://visao.pt/atualidade/politica/2024-03-21-manuel-magno-alves-o-emigrante-portugues-de-sucesso-que-trocou-chaves-por-sao-paulo-ha-70-anos-e-regressa-a-portugal-para-ser-deputado-do-chega/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Visão |language=pt-PT}}
Early life
He emigrated to Brazil in 1955, at just 6 years old, and began his studies there, culminating in his degree in Law, in the University of São Paulo.{{Cite web |last=mundolusiada |date=2024-02-12 |title="Queremos o respeito que nunca nos foi dado pelos diversos governos" - Manuel Magno |url=https://www.mundolusiada.com.br/politica/queremos-o-respeito-que-nunca-nos-foi-dado-pelos-diversos-governos-manuel-magno/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Jornal Mundo Lusíada |language=pt-BR}}
Career
Magno Alves began his professional career in banking in 1962, in São Paulo. He worked in banking until 1974. From 1974 to 1991, he turned to the real estate area, collaborating in a company that builds popular subdivisions and residences, in some cities in the interior of São Paulo. In 1992, he opened his law office.{{Cite web |last=redacao.2 |date=2024-02-11 |title=Manuel Magno Alves, candidato pela emigração pelo círculo de fora da Europa pelo CHEGA |url=https://e-global.pt/noticias/exclusivo/queremos-o-respeito-que-nunca-nos-foi-dado-pelos-diversos-governos-manuel-magno-alves-chega/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=e-Global |language=pt-PT}}
Manuel Magno Alves has already held several roles on the Council of the Luso-Brazilian Community of the State of São Paulo and on the Board of Directors of the São Paulo Commercial Association.{{Cite web |title=Ex-PSD António Maló de Abreu e Manuel Magno candidatos pelo Chega |url=https://www.sabado.pt/portugal/detalhe/ex-psd-antonio-malo-de-abreu-e-manuel-magno-candidatos-pelo-chega |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=www.sabado.pt |language=pt-pt}}
Political career
In February 2015, he was elected President of the São Paulo Section of the Portuguese Social Democratic Party. He was the number two candidate for the PSD's Outside Europe circle, in the 2022 legislative elections.{{Cite web |last=Renascença |date=2024-01-30 |title=Manuel Magno substitui Maló de Abreu na lista do Chega pelo círculo Fora da Europa - Renascença |url=https://rr.sapo.pt/noticia/politica/2024/01/30/manuel-magno-substitui-malo-de-abreu-na-lista-do-chega-pelo-circulo-fora-da-europa/364796/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Rádio Renascença |language=pt-pt}}
On 20 March 2024, he was elected as a member of the Assembly of the Republic for CHEGA, for the Outside Europe constituency. With his election as MP for this constituency, the CHEGA party ended up avoiding Augusto Santos Silva's re-election, thus making him the first president of the Assembly of the Republic not to be re-elected.{{Cite web |last=Lopes |first=Maria |date=2024-03-20 |title=Chega "rouba" dois deputados ao PS na emigração, uma das vítimas é Santos Silva. AD elege Cesário |url=https://www.publico.pt/2024/03/20/politica/noticia/confirmase-santos-silva-perde-mandato-circulo-europa-chega-2084298 |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=PÚBLICO |language=pt}}{{Cite web |last=Portugal |first=Rádio e Televisão de |date=2024-03-21 |title=Augusto Santos Silva assume "derrota honrosa" após ter sido excluído do Parlamento |url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/augusto-santos-silva-assume-derrota-honrosa-apos-ter-sido-excluido-do-parlamento_n1558980 |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Augusto Santos Silva assume "derrota honrosa" após ter sido excluído do Parlamento |language=pt}}{{Cite web |title=Santos Silva foi a Belém despedir-se de Marcelo e rejeitou deixar conselhos ao sucessor |url=https://www.jn.pt/3065074129/santos-silva-foi-a-belem-despedir-se-de-marcelo-e-rejeitou-deixar-conselhos-ao-sucessor/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Jornal de Notícias |language=pt}}