António Tânger
Personal details
Born
António Manuel Moreira Tânger Corrêa

(1952-04-24)24 April 1952
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partyChega (2019–present)
Other political
affiliations		CDS – People's Party (formerly)
Democratic Alliance (formerly)
Height1.69 m (5.5 ft)
Antonio Tanger[1]
Sailing career
ClassSoling
ClubCIMAV
Updated on 9 February 2023.

António Manuel Moreira Tânger Corrêa (born 24 April 1952) is a politician, former diplomat and sailor from Portugal.

António Tânger Corrêa is the current Vice President of the Portuguese political party Chega, by appointment of the party leader André Ventura.[2]

Represented Portugal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain as helmsman in the Soling. With crew members Ricardo Batista and Luis Miguel Santos where the team reached 21st place.[3]

As Portuguese diplomat he was involved in at least two scandals that cost taxpayers thousands of euros.[4][5] António Tânger Corrêa was suspended in 2009 for 90 days due to various irregularities found in the management of the Portuguese embassy in the Lithuanian capital,[4][5] Vilnius.[4]

He built his diplomatic career over four decades, he was consul general of Portugal in Goa and Rio de Janeiro, ambassador of Portugal to Bosnia, Serbia, Israel, Egypt, Qatar, Lithuania, and first secretary of the Portuguese embassy in Beijing.[6][7] Tânger Corrêa was Ambassador of Portugal in Doha, Qatar.[8]

In 1974, after the revolution of April 25, he was Secretary General of the Centrist Youth (CDS-PP) and in 1980, he was for a year Deputy to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, in the government of the Democratic Alliance (AD) by Francisco Sá Carneiro.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Antonio Tanger Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "National leadership of Chega political party". 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Official report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad, Barcelona 1992, v. 5" (PDF). 1992. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Ambassador of Portugal in Vilnius". 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Recebeu um veleiro, arrombou uma casa, foi suspenso: António Tânger, vice-presidente do Chega, 30 anos a pisar o risco". politician. www.publico.pt. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Gaudêncio, Bárbara Reis, Rui (17 January 2021). "Recebeu um veleiro, arrombou uma casa, foi suspenso: António Tânger, vice-presidente do Chega, 30 anos a pisar o risco". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ Pereira, Helena. "Rotação diplomática. Ex-chefe de gabinete de Sócrates na Tunísia". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Ambassador of Portugal in Doha" (PDF). 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  9. ↑ Gaudêncio, Bárbara Reis, Rui (17 January 2021). "Recebeu um veleiro, arrombou uma casa, foi suspenso: António Tânger, vice-presidente do Chega, 30 anos a pisar o risco". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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