Miguel Costa Matos

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Miguel de Oliveira Pires da Costa Matos (born 29 May 1994) is a Portuguese politician. He served as Secretary General of Socialist Youth.[1] He became a member of the Portuguese Parliament for the Socialist Party in 2019.[2] At 26, he was the youngest to become a member of Parliament.[3]

Miguel Matos
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Assumed office
25 October 2019
ConstituencyLisbon (2019–2024)
Setúbal (2024–present)
Secretary General of the Socialist Youth
In office
13 December 2020 – 15 December 2024
Preceded byMaria Begonha
Succeeded bySofia Pereira
Personal details
Born
Miguel de Oliveira Pires da Costa Matos

(1994-05-29) 29 May 1994 (age 30)
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partySocialist Party
EducationNOVA University Lisbon
University of Warwick

Early life

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He earned a degree in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Warwick and a Master's degree in economics from NOVA University Lisbon.[2]

At Warwick, he was elected twice as Undergraduate Student Representative for the Faculty of Social Sciences.[4]

Career

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He collaborated in the drafting of the Socialist Party Electoral Program for the 2009 legislative election.[4] He worked as an economic assistant in the Prime Minister's Office from September 2017 to October 2019.[5]

He became President of the Lisbon Urban Area Federation of Socialist Youth in 2017 and is a mayor in the Parish Assembly of the Union of Parishes of Carcavelos and Parede and the Municipal Assembly of Cascais.[4]

He was elected to the Portuguese Parliament in 2019 as a member of the Socialist Party in the Lisbon constituency. He is a member of the Budget and Finance Committee and the Environment Committee.[2][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Congresso digital da JS vai eleger Miguel Costa Matos como líder da estrutura". TSF Rádio Notícias (in European Portuguese). 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  2. ^ a b c "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  3. ^ Borges, Liliana (2020-09-26). "Miguel Costa Matos, o deputado mais jovem do Parlamento, é candidato à JS". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  4. ^ a b c "Candidato. Miguel Costa Matos". tempodeagir.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  5. ^ "Governo de Portugal". www.portugal.gov.pt. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  6. ^ "PS entregou na AR Lei de Bases do Clima | Partido Socialista". Portal PS (in European Portuguese). 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2023-09-05.