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Biographical Note
Academic Qualifications
Degree in Social Sciences with a specialisation in Political Science.
Professional and Political Experience
- Staff member of the Regional Delegation of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal since 1984.
- Aide to the Regional Under Secretary for Media Affairs in the IV and V Governments (1988/1995).
- Press Officer to the President of the Regional Government, in the VI Government (1995/1996).
- Aide to the Mayor of Ponta Delgada (1997/1999).
- Deputy Secretary-General of PSD/Açores (1999/2001).
- Head of Cabinet of the Mayor of Ponta Delgada (1999/2004).
- President of the Ponta Delgada Municipal Committee on Geographical Names (2002/2012).
- Assistant to the PSD Parliamentary Group at the Regional Legislative Assembly of the Azores (2004).
- Director-General of Sociedade Coliseu Micaelense (2005/2008).
- Head of Cabinet of the Mayor of Ponta Delgada (2008/2009).
- Vice-President of PSD/Açores (2009).
- Councillor for Culture, Social Welfare, Sports, Youth and External Cooperation of Ponta Delgada City Council (2009/2012).
- President of the Executive Committee of Sociedade Coliseu Micaelense (2009/2012).
- President of the Board of ARDE - Regional Association for Development (2009/2012).
- Director of the Portuguese Federation of Local Development Associations (2010/2012).
- Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in the X Legislative Term (2012/2016).
- Head of Cabinet of the Mayor of Ponta Delgada (2018/2020).
- President of the Committee on Geographical Names, Honorary Commendations and Cultural Heritage of Ponta Delgada Municipal Council.
- Director of the Regional Studies Office of PSD/Açores (2019/2022).
- Regional Director for the Communities of the Vice-Presidency of the Government in the XIII Government (2020/2022).
Author of 25 published books.