Nuno Melo (politician)

Nuno Melo
Nuno Melo in 2022
Minister of National Defence
Assumed office
2 April 2024
Prime MinisterLuís Montenegro
Preceded byHelena Carreiras
President of CDS – People's Party
Assumed office
3 April 2022
Preceded byFrancisco Rodrigues dos Santos
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
26 March 2024 – 2 April 2024
ConstituencyPorto
In office
27 October 1999 – 7 June 2009
ConstituencyBraga
Member of the European Parliament
for Portugal
In office
14 July 2009 – 25 March 2024
Succeeded byVasco Becker-Weinberg
Personal details
Born
João Nuno de Lacerda Teixeira de Melo

(1966-03-18) 18 March 1966 (age 58)
Joane, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Political partyCDS – People's Party (1987–present)
SpouseAna Melo
Children2
Alma materUniversidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique
OccupationLawyerpolitician

João Nuno de Lacerda Teixeira de Melo (born 18 March 1966) is a Portuguese lawyer, conservative politician who is serving as Minister of National Defence, also being a member of the Assembly of the Republic, elected by Porto constituency. He was Member of the European Parliament (MEP)[1] representing the Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party (CDS-PP), of which he is president.[2]

  1. ^ European Parliament, Nuno Melo, accessed 21 October 2013
  2. ^ "Um homem entre a paixão da política e o amor à agricultura". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-05.

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