Rui Afonso | |
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| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| Assumed office March 29, 2022 | |
| Constituency | Porto |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rui Pedro da Silva Afonso 28 November 1979 Porto,Portugal |
| Political party | Chega |
| Alma mater | University of A Coruña |
Rui Afonso (born 28 November 1979) is a Portuguese politician of the Chega party who has been a member of the Assembly of the Republic since 2022 representing the Porto constituency.
Afonso studied a PhD in finance at the University of A Coruña in Spain. He began his professional career as an international insurance broker and then worked in the credit recovery department of a Portuguese finance company. [1]
He joined Chega in 2019 and took over as head of the party in Porto after the original regional chairman resigned. In 2021,he was elected as a municipal councilor in Porto. [2]
During the 2022 Portuguese legislative election,Afonso was elected to represent the Porto constituency. [3] He has described himself as a conservative politically. In the Assembly,he has called for tougher anti-corruption and law &order policies,such as life imprisonment and chemical castration for convicted pedophiles. [1]
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