Rui Afonso

Rui Afonso
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 29, 2022
ConstituencyPorto
Personal details
Born
Rui Pedro da Silva Afonso

28 November 1979
Porto, Portugal
Political partyChega
Alma materUniversity of A Coruña

Rui Afonso (born 28 November 1979) is a Portuguese politician of the Chega party who has been a member of the Assembly of the Republic since 2022 representing the Porto constituency.

Biography

Afonso studied a PhD in finance at the University of A Coruña in Spain. He began his professional career as an international insurance broker and then worked in the credit recovery department of a Portuguese finance company.[1]

He joined Chega in 2019 and took over as head of the party in Porto after the original regional chairman resigned. In 2021, he was elected as a municipal councilor in Porto.[2]

During the 2022 Portuguese legislative election, Afonso was elected to represent the Porto constituency.[3] He has described himself as a conservative politically. In the Assembly, he has called for tougher anti-corruption and law & order policies, such as life imprisonment and chemical castration for convicted pedophiles.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Silva, Filipa; Serra Cunha, Tiago; Torres, Ana (2022-01-28). "Rui Afonso: "Não podemos viabilizar um orçamento que não reflita as crenças do Chega" - JPN". JPN - JornalismoPortoNet (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  2. ^ "Ventura mais 11: quem é quem no novo grupo parlamentar do Chega". Expresso (in European Portuguese). 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  3. ^ "Eleições Legislativas 2022". legislativas2022.mai.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-01-30.