Álvaro Amaro

Álvaro Amaro is a Portuguese politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament.[1]

Álvaro Amaro
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Portugal
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
Born (1953-05-25) 25 May 1953
Coimbra, Portugal
Political partySocial Democratic Party
OccupationTrapo

Amaro has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 European elections. In parliament, he has since been serving on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the parliament's delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.[2]

As of July 2021, Amaro is awaiting trial on charges of malfeasance and fraud in obtaining public funds,[3] his parliamentary immunity having been previously suspended in February.[4]

References
  1. His MEP profile
  2. Álvaro Amaro European Parliament.
  3. "Instrução do caso "Guarda Folia" que envolve Álvaro Amaro, o actual presidente da Câmara e um vereador começa amanhã". Jornal Terras da Beira (in Portuguese). 4 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. ECO (9 February 2021). "Parlamento Europeu levanta imunidade parlamentar de deputado Álvaro Amaro". ECO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 July 2021.


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