José Gusmão

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José Gusmão
Gusmão in 2024
Member of the European Parliament
for Portugal
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
15 October 2009 – 19 June 2011
ConstituencySantarém
Personal details
Born
José Guilherme Figueiredo Nobre de Gusmão

(1976-07-20) 20 July 1976 (age 47)
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partyLeft Bloc
Other political
affiliations
Portuguese Communist Party (formerly)
ParentManuel Gusmão (father)
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon
WebsiteEU Personal Profile

José Guilherme Figueiredo Nobre de Gusmão (born 20 July 1976) is a Portuguese politician currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament for the Left Bloc.[1]

Biography[edit]

Gusmão was born in 1976. He is the son of writer and politician Manuel Gusmão and the half-brother of politician commentator Daniel Oliveira (they both share the same mother).[2]

A member of the Left Bloc, he was first elected as a deputy from Santarém in 2009.[3] He ran for re-election in 2011, but failed.

In 2019, he was elected as a MEP along with Marisa Matias.[1]

In 2022, he was the main candidate of the Left Bloc in Faro,[4] but he failed to be elected. He was once again chosen as the main candidate in Faro for the 2024 election.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b His MEP profile
  2. ^ "Mano a mano: Quando a família se mete na política". www.sabado.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Entre polémica, Bloco mantém maioria dos cabeças de lista às legislativas. José Gusmão é novidade em Faro". Expresso (in Portuguese). 28 November 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  5. ^ Lemos, Pedro (16 December 2023). "José Gusmão volta a ser cabeça de lista do Bloco pelo Algarve". Sul Informação (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 16 January 2024.