Manuel Castro Almeida

Manuel Castro de Almeida (born 28 October 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who has been serving as Minister in Adjunct and for Territorial Cohesion in the government of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro since 2024.^[1][2][3]

Manuel Castro Almeida
Castro Almeida in 2024
Minister Adjunct and for Territorial Cohesion
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 April 2024
Prime Minister	Luís Montenegro
Preceded by	Ana Catarina Mendes (Minister Adjunct) Ana Abrunhosa (Minister for Territorial Cohesion)
Secretary of State for Regional Development
In office 13 April 2013 – 30 October 2015
Prime Minister	Pedro Passos Coelho
Minister	Miguel Poiares Maduro
Mayor of São João da Madeira
In office 16 December 2001 – 12 April 2013
Preceded by	Manuel Cambra
Succeeded by	Ricardo Figueiredo
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 6 October 1991 – 15 December 2001
Constituency	Aveiro
Secretary of State for Education and Sports
In office 7 December 1993 – 28 October 1995
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Minister	Manuela Ferreira Leite
Personal details
Born	Manuel de Castro Almeida (1957-10-28) 28 October 1957 (age 67) São João da Madeira, Portugal
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Coimbra
Occupation	Lawyer • Politician

Political career

Castro Almeida was Secretary of State for Regional Development in the government of Pedro Passos Coelho. Previously, he was a member of the Assembly of the Republic for the Social Democratic Party, Secretary of State for Education and Sports and Mayor of São João da Madeira.^[4][5]

With the arrival of Rui Rio as president of the Social Democratic Party, in 2018, Castro Almeida was chosen to be one of the party's vice-presidents.^[6] He resigned in July 2019.^[7]