Paulo Cafôfo

Paulo Cafôfo
Paulo Cafôfo
	Cafôfo in 2022
Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities
	In office; 30 March 2022 – 2 April 2024
Prime Minister	António Costa
Preceded by	Berta Nunes
Succeeded by	José Cesário
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira
	In office; 15 October 2019 – 6 October 2021
Mayor of Funchal
	In office; 21 October 2013 – 1 June 2019
Deputy	Filipa Jardim Fernandes; Idalina Perestrelo; Miguel Silva Gouveia
Preceded by	Miguel Albuquerque
Succeeded by	Miguel Silva Gouveia [pt]
President of the Socialist Party of Madeira
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 December 2023
Preceded by	Sérgio Gonçalves
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 March 2024
Constituency	Madeira
Personal details
Born	Paulo Alexandre Nascimento Cafôfo; 18 May 1971 (age 53); Funchal, Madeira
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	University of Coimbra

Paulo Alexandre Nascimento Cafôfo (born 18 May 1971) is a Portuguese teacher and politician who currently serves as Secretary of State for the Portuguese Communities, in charge of the affairs related to the Portuguese diaspora, in António Costa's 23rd Constitutional Government. He had previously been a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira for the Socialist Party, and was Mayor of Funchal, Madeira Island, from 2013 to 2019.

He graduated from the University of Coimbra with a degree in History, later becoming a History teacher in Madeira.^[1] Having no party affiliation, he was elected Mayor of Funchal in the 2013 local elections, leading a large coalition formed by the Socialist Party, Left Bloc, New Democracy Party, Earth Party, Portuguese Labour Party and the Party for Animals and Nature, defeating for the first time the long-ruling Social Democratic Party in this municipality.^[2]

He was elected member of the legislative body of Madeira in 2019.

References

^ "Paulo Cafôfo: Quem é o homem por detrás da máscara?". Jornal de Negócios (in European Portuguese). 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
^ "Paulo Cafôfo ganha Câmara Municipal do Funchal". Diário de Notícias da Madeira (in Portuguese). 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2013-10-05.