Paulo Cunha (politician)

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Paulo Cunha
Vice President of the Social Democratic Party
Assumed office
3 July 2022
PresidentLuís Montenegro
Preceded byIsaura Morais
President of the Social Democratic Party of the Braga District
Assumed office
11 July 2020
Preceded byJosé Manuel Fernandes
Mayor of Vila Nova de Famalicão
In office
29 September 2013 – 26 September 2021
Preceded byArmindo Costa
Succeeded byMário Passos
Member of the Vila Nova de Famalicão City Council
In office
11 October 2009 – 26 September 2021
Member of the Vila Nova de Famalicão Municipal Assembly
In office
16 December 2001 – 9 October 2005
Personal details
Born (1971-08-22) 22 August 1971 (age 52)
Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materLusíada University of Porto
OccupationLawyerPolitician

Paulo Cunha (born 22 August 1971) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, from the Social Democratic Party.[1]

Career[edit]

He has been a professor at Lusíada University of Porto, since 1994 and at IPCA in Barcelos, since 2021. He was a member of the Municipal Assembly, between 2001 and 2005, of Vila Nova de Famalicão, where he was a member of the City Council between 2009 and 2013, being elected Mayor in 2013, a position which he served for two terms, until 2021.[2]

He is currently serving as Vice President of the Social Democratic Party since 3 July 2022.[3] He is the President of the Social Democratic Party of the Braga District and also former Mayor of Vila Nova de Famalicão.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Paulo Cunha | PSD". www.psd.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  2. ^ Tavares, Diogo Teixeira Pereira, Inês André Figueiredo, Miguel Santos Carrapatoso, Rita. "Paulo Cunha, vice-presidente do PSD: "Se formos Governo vamos referendar a eutanásia"". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Comissão Política Nacional | PSD". www.psd.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  4. ^ "Paulo Cunha ganha distrital de Braga do PSD e aponta às autárquicas de 2021 - Antena Minho". Paulo Cunha ganha distrital de Braga do PSD e aponta às autárquicas de 2021 - Antena Minho (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-22.