Miguel Macedo

Miguel Bento Martins da Costa Macedo e Silva (b. Braga, 6 June 1959)[1] is a Portuguese lawyer, politician, and a former Minister of Internal Administration.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Martins da Costa and the second or paternal family name is Macedo e Silva.
Miguel Macedo
Minister of Internal Administration
In office
21 June 2011 – 16 November 2014
PresidentAníbal Cavaco Silva
Prime MinisterPedro Passos Coelho
Preceded byRui Pereira
Succeeded byAnabela Rodrigues
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
10 March 2005
ConstituencyBraga district
In office
13 August 1987 – 4 April 2002
ConstituencyBraga district
Personal details
Born
Miguel Bento Martins da Costa Macedo e Silva

(1959-06-06) 6 June 1959
Braga, Portugal
Political partySocial Democratic Party
ProfessionLawyer

He received his degree in law from the University of Coimbra.[2]

Political career

Miguel Macedo was the leader of JSD, the youth wing of PSD.[3] His first experience in the government was in the first cabinet of Aníbal Cavaco Silva as Junior Secretary of State of Minister Couto dos Santos between 1990 and 1991.[3] Afterwards he became active in local politics and was elected city councilor of Braga, from 1993 to 1997.[2] In 2002, he returned to national politics with the PSD as State Secretary of Justice under Minister Celeste Cardona and Minister José Pedro Aguiar-Branco.[3] He was the Deputy of Braga from 1987 to 2002, and again from 2005 onwards.[1]

When Pedro Passos Coelho was elected president of PSD, Miguel Macedo was elected leader of Parliament.[3] His negative vote for the approval of the Programa de Estabilidade e Crescimento [Stability and Growth Programme] (PEC) of the current president at that time, José Sócrates, meant the fall of his government and the call for early elections.[3]

On 16 November 2014, he announced his resignation following a series of corruption allegations and investigations into some of his business and ministerial partners, regarding the attribution of golden visas.[4] In February of 2017, the trial regarding those accusations began. In January 2019, Miguel Macedo was acquitted from all the accusations.[5]

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References
  1. Assembleia da República. "Ficha" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  2. Governo de Portugal. "Biografia" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. Público. "Perfil: Miguel Macedo, ministro da Administração Interna" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 20 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  4. https://www.dn.pt/politica/interior/macedo-demite-se-por-ter-autoridade-politica-diminuida-4243313.html
  5. https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/justica/detalhe/vistos-gold-miguel-macedo-absolvido-de-todos-os-crimes (in Portuguese)


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