José Gusmão

José Guilherme Figueiredo Nobre de Gusmão (born 20 July 1976) is a Portuguese politician formerly serving as a Member of the European Parliament for the Left Bloc from 2019 until 2024.^[1]

José Gusmão MEP
Gusmão in 2024
Member of the European Parliament for Portugal
In office 2 July 2019 – 15 July 2024
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 15 October 2009 – 19 June 2011
Constituency	Santarém
Personal details
Born	José Guilherme Figueiredo Nobre de Gusmão (1976-07-20) 20 July 1976 (age 49) Lisbon, Portugal
Political party	Left Bloc
Other political affiliations	Portuguese Communist Party (formerly)
Parent	Manuel Gusmão (father)
Alma mater	University of Lisbon
Occupation	Economist • Politician
Website	EU Personal Profile

Biography

Gusmão was born in 1976. He is the son of writer and politician Manuel Gusmão and the half-brother of politician commentator Daniel Oliveira (they both share the same mother).^[2]

A member of the Left Bloc, he was first elected as a deputy from Santarém in 2009.^[3] He ran for re-election in 2011, but failed.

In 2019, he was elected as a MEP along with Marisa Matias.^[1]

In 2022, he was the main candidate of the Left Bloc in Faro,^[4] but he failed to be elected. He was once again chosen as the main candidate in Faro for the 2024 election.^[5]