Miguel Pinto Luz

Miguel Pinto Luz was born in Lisbon on 8 March 1977. He is married and has three children.

He graduated in Electrotechnical Engineering and Computers from Instituto Superior Técnico in 2000. He has an MBA from AESE Business School/IESE (Navarra University).

Over the last few decades, he has held several management, leadership and teaching posts, namely: President of the Alfredo de Sousa Foundation; Vice Mayor of Cascais; Member of the board of the Inclusive Community Forum; President of SEDES Lisboa; Vice-President Regional Tourism Body; Director of the Paula Rego Foundation; Chair and director of various companies and agencies of the local and inter-municipal corporate sector; Researcher for the INESC-ID Information Systems Groups; Guest lecturer at Nova School of Business and Economics and Instituto Superior Técnico.

He was Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transports, and Communications during Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho’s Government.

Party-wise, he is currently Vice-President of the Social Democratic Party and over the last almost thirty years of party life he has taken on the roles of national advisor, member of the national political committee, and leader at the council and district level for Social Democrats.