Pedro Pessanha | |
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Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
Assumed office 29 March 2022 | |
Constituency | Lisbon |
Personal details | |
Born | Pedro Manuel de Andrade Pessanha Fernandes 12 September 1966 Lisbon,Portugal |
Political party | Chega (since 2019) |
Other political affiliations | CDS - People's Party (until 2013) |
Pedro Manuel de Andrade Pessanha Fernandes (born 12 September 1966) is a Portuguese politician of the Chega party who was elected as a member of the Assembly of the Republic in 2022.
Pessanha was born in Lisbon in 1966. He worked as a real estate developer and served as a reservist officer in the Portuguese Marines. [1] He was a member of the CDS - People's Party for a period and served as the regional secretary of the party in Cascais. In 2019,he caused some debate when he posted a photo of António de Oliveira Salazar on his Facebook page to mark the Carnation Revolution and captioned it with "now let the insults come." [2]
During the 2022 Portuguese legislative election,Pessenha was elected to the Assembly of the Republic for the Lisbon constituency. He also serves as the party president of Chega in Lisbon district. [3]
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