Miguel Matos
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Assumed office
October 25, 2019
ConstituencyLisbon
Secretary General of the Socialist Youth
Assumed office
December 13, 2020
Preceded byMaria Begonha
Personal details
Born
Miguel de Oliveira Pires da Costa Matos

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

Miguel de Oliveira Pires da Costa Matos (born May 29, 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]

Early life

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

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

  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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 3 "Candidato. Miguel Costa Matos". tempodeagir.pt (in Portuguese). 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.
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