Marcos Perestrello
{{Short description|Portuguese politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Marcos Perestrello
| office = Vice President of the Assembly of the Republic
| term_start = 27 March 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1971|08|23}}
| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal
| occupation = Lawyer • Politician
| party = Socialist Party
| image =
| education =
| birth_name = Marcos da Cunha e Lorena Perestrello de Vasconcelos
| office1 = {{MP PT}}
| termstart1 = 20 June 2011
| termstart2 = 10 March 2005
| termend2 = 15 October 2009
| office3 = Secretary of State for National Defence
| termstart3 = 26 November 2015
| office4 = Secretary of State for National Defence and Maritime Affairs
| term_start4 = 26 October 2009
| term_end3 = 17 October 2018
| term_end4 = 21 June 2011
| constituency1 = Lisbon
| constituency2 = Beja
| alma_mater = University of Lisbon
| minister3 = José Alberto Azeredo Lopes
| minister4 = Augusto Santos Silva
| primeminister3 = António Costa
| primeminister4 = José Sócrates
| predecessor =
| president = José Pedro Aguiar-Branco
}}
Marcos da Cunha e Lorena Perestrello de Vasconcelos (born 23 August 1971) is a Portuguese politician. He is currently a member of the Portuguese Parliament and Chairman of the Parliament's National Defense Committee. He was Portuguese Secretary of State for National Defense in António Costa's government and Secretary of State for National Defense and Maritime Affairs in José Sócrates' government.
Biography
He graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.{{Cite web |title=PERFIL DO PRESIDENTE. Marcos Perestrello |url=http://www.psfaul.com/index.php/orgaos-federativos/perfil-presidente |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=psfaul.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826230157/http://www.psfaul.com/index.php/orgaos-federativos/perfil-presidente |archive-date=2016-08-26 |language=pt}}
He was Assistant to the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs (1999–2000) and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State for Internal Administration (1995–1999).{{Cite web |date=2016-03-24 |title=Marcos Perestrello :: Secretário de Estado :: Ver Equipa :: Governo de Portugal |url=http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/ministerios/mdn/equipa/secretario-estado/marcos-perestrello.aspx |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=portugal.gov.pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324091245/http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/ministerios/mdn/equipa/secretario-estado/marcos-perestrello.aspx |archive-date=2016-03-24 |language=pt}}
In 2001, he founded and took over the management of CIMASA — Centro de Informação, Mediação e Arbitragem de Seguros Automóveis, which brings together representatives of insurance companies, through the Associação Portuguesa de Seguradores, consumers, through DECO, and motorists, through the ACP. He headed this organization until 2007.
In 2004, he was elected a member of the National Secretariat of the PS, a position he resigned in October 2010 to become President of the Lisbon Federation of the same party.
In 2005, he was elected a member of the Portuguese Parliament and vice-chairman of the PS Parliamentary Group, having held parliamentary seats in the X, XII, XIII, XIV and XV legislatures.
In 2007, he was elected as a city councillor and, until 2009, he was deputy mayor of Lisbon. During the 18th Constitutional Government, he became Secretary of State for National Defense and Maritime Affairs, from 2009 to 2011.
In 2015, after being elected as a Member of Parliament, he was also part of the 21st Constitutional Government as Secretary of State for National Defense{{Cite web |date=November 26, 2015 |title=PRESIDÊNCIA DA REPÚBLICA. |url=https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/2015/11/23201/0000300003.pdf |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=files.diariodarepublica.pt |language=pt}}{{Cite web |title=Marcos Perestrello - Secretary of State of National Defense |url=https://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/gc21/ministries/national-defense/secretaries-of-state?date=2015-11-26&i=NationalDefense |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=www.portugal.gov.pt}} until 2018, when he resumed his previous duties as a Member of Parliament.
References
External links
- [https://www.nato-pa.int/members/perestrello-de-vasconcellos-marcos "NATO PA". NATO PA. 7 December 2022.]
- [https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=2209 "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 5 September 2023]
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