Jornal de Leiria – New deputies take office this Tuesday. Check out those elected by Leiria

It is scheduled for this Tuesday, the 26th, the inauguration of the 230 deputies elected in the legislative elections of March 10th, won by the Democratic Alliance (AD). Among the ten parliamentarians elected by the district – five from the Democratic Alliance (AD), three from the Socialist Party (PS) and two from Chega – there are six debuts and four continuities.

Among the newcomers are Telmo Faria, Sofia Carreira, João Santos and Ricardo Carvalho (AD); Walter Chicharro (PS) and Luís Paulo Fernandes (Chega). Hugo Oliveira (AD), Eurico Brilhante Dias and Ana Sofia Antunes (PS) and Gabriel Mithá (Chega) repeat the role, the same happening with João Moura, president of the Municipal Assembly of Ourém, who was re-elected by Santarém.

These are the deputies elected by Leiria in the legislative session that begins this Tuesday:

Sofia Carreira, AD

Former president of the Marrazes Parish Council, he is a senior technician at the Municipality of Leiria, working in the area of ​​heritage and in the development of several museum spaces, including m|i|mo – Museum of Image and Movement. At 49 years old, he makes his debut as a deputy to the Assembly of the Republic. He is a member of the PSD and is part of the Leiria Municipal Political Commission.

João Santos, AD

Born in Vila Cã, municipality of Pombal, he is 33 years old and is a lawyer. He led the JSD of Pombal and the district of this ‘jota’ and was vice-president of the JSD Nacional. In the last municipal elections, he was elected to the Municipal Assembly of Pombal. He is also part of the PSD district structure, occupying the position of vice-president.

Ricardo Carvalho, AD

Graduated in Management and Public Administration, he was born in Leiria 42 years ago and lives in Lisbon. He held management roles in the areas of industry and banking and, since 2022, has represented the PSD in the Political Assembly and in the International Secretariat of the PPE (European People’s Party).

Eurico Brilhante Dias (PS)

Former Secretary of State for Internationalization, he was born in Lisbon in 1972. He has a degree in Business Management and a master’s and doctorate in Business Sciences. With a career as a university professor, he was parliamentary leader of the PS in the previous legislature in which he was also elected by Leiria on a list headed by António Sales. In the last legislative elections he was the head of the PS list for the district.

Ana Sofia Antunes (PS)

Also from Lisbon, the city where he was born in 1981, he was number two on the PS list for Leiria. She has a degree in Law and practices law in the areas of administrative, urban planning and real estate law. In the 2022 legislative elections she was a candidate and elected deputy for Lisbon. She was part of the two Governments of António Costa as Secretary of State for the Inclusion of People with Disabilities.

Walter Chicharro (PS)

President of the Chamber of Nazaré since 2013, he leaves his third term halfway to take up the position of deputy. He has a degree in Management, a postgraduate degree in Communication and Marketing and an MBA in Municipal Management, and, for more than two decades, he worked in the pharmaceutical industry. He leads the PS District Federation.

Gabriel Mithá (Enough)

He repeats his election as deputy for Leiria, which he had achieved in 2022. Born in Mozambique, he has lived in Portugal since 1980 and is married to a Portuguese woman who has family connections with Pombal. Graduated in History, he also has a master’s and doctorate in African Studies. He made a career as a teacher, researcher and essayist. In 2020, he was elected vice-president of Chega, but resigned from the position two years later.

Luís Paulo Fernandes (Enough)

Born in Pedrógão Grande, he is a businessman in the area of ​​tourist entertainment and entertainment. Between 2013 and 2019 he was a member of the Municipal Assembly of his municipality, elected as an independent on the PSD lists. He ended up resigning from his mandate to join Chega, the party for which he was a candidate for the Chamber of Leiria in the 2021 local elections. He is 47 years old and led the district of Leiria do Chega.