Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister and for Territorial Cohesion
Biography
Manuel Castro Almeida was born on 28 October 1957.
He holds a Law Degree from Coimbra University.
He began his professional life at 16 years of age as assistant clerk at São João da Madeira Town Hall and took his Law Degree as a worker-student.
In 1982 he became senior staff and later director of the Northern Regional Coordination and Development Commission.
He was Vice-Chairman of the Porto Metropolitan Council and Chairman of the Associations of Terras de Santa Maria municipalities.
He was Secretary of State for Education and Sport from 1993 to 1995.
He was a member of Parliament for the Social Democrats (PSD) from 1995 to 2002.
He was Mayor of São João da Madeira from 2001 to 2011.
He was Secretary of State for Regional Development from 2011 to 2015.
He was Deputy Secretary-General, Vice-President, and National Adviser for the PSD.
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