Miguel Macedo
Portuguese lawyer and politician (1959–2025) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miguel Bento Martins da Costa Macedo e Silva (6 June 1959 – 13 March 2025) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Internal Administration.
Miguel Macedo | |
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.png) Macedo in 2014 | |
| Minister of Internal Administration | |
| In office 21 June 2011 – 16 November 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Preceded by | Rui Pereira |
| Succeeded by | Anabela Rodrigues |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 10 March 2005 – 15 November 2015 | |
| Constituency | Braga |
| In office 13 August 1987 – 4 April 2002 | |
| Constituency | Braga |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Miguel Bento Martins da Costa Macedo e Silva 6 June 1959 Braga, Portugal |
| Died | 13 March 2025 (aged 65) |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Macedo received his degree in law from the University of Coimbra.[1]
Life and career
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Miguel Macedo was the leader of JSD, the youth wing of PSD.[2] His first experience in the government was in the first cabinet of Aníbal Cavaco Silva as Junior Secretary of State of Minister Couto dos Santos between 1990 and 1991.[2] Afterwards he became active in local politics and was elected city councilor of Braga, from 1993 to 1997.[1] In 2002, he returned to national politics with the PSD as State Secretary of Justice under Minister Celeste Cardona and Minister José Pedro Aguiar-Branco.[2] He was the Deputy for Braga from 1987 to 2002, and again from 2005 onwards.[3]
When Pedro Passos Coelho was elected president of PSD, Miguel Macedo was elected leader of Parliament.[2] His negative vote for the approval of the Programa de Estabilidade e Crescimento [Stability and Growth Programme] (PEC) of the current president at that time, José Sócrates, meant the fall of his government and the call for early elections.[2]
On 16 November 2014, he announced his resignation following a series of corruption allegations and investigations into some of his business and ministerial partners, regarding the attribution of golden visas.[4] In February 2017, the trial regarding those accusations began. In January 2019, Miguel Macedo was acquitted from all the accusations.[5]
Macedo died from a heart attack on 13 March 2025, at the age of 65.[6]
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