Álvaro Amaro

Álvaro Amaro is a Portuguese politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2023.[1]

Álvaro Amaro
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Portugal
In office
2 July 2019 – 6 July 2023
Succeeded byCarlos Coelho
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] He left the European Parliament in 2023 after being convicted.[5]

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 European Portuguese). 4 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. ECO (9 February 2021). "Parlamento Europeu levanta imunidade parlamentar de deputado Álvaro Amaro". ECO (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  5. "Álvaro Amaro resigns as MEP after being convicted of prevarication". Ground News. Retrieved 16 July 2023.


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