Manuel Pizarro
Manuel Pizarro in 2023.
Minister of Health
In office
10 September 2022 – 2 April 2024
Prime MinisterAntónio Costa
Preceded byMarta Temido
Succeeded byAna Paula Martins
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Assumed office
26 March 2024
ConstituencyPorto
In office
10 March 2005 – 22 October 2015
ConstituencyPorto
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2 July 2019 – 10 September 2022
ConstituencyPortugal
Member of the Porto City Council
In office
29 September 2013 – 26 September 2021
Personal details
Born (1964-02-02) 2 February 1964 (age 60)
Porto, Portugal
Political partySocialist Party (1993–present)
Other political
affiliations		Portuguese Communist Party (1978–1990)

Manuel Pizarro (born 2 February 1964) is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party who has been serving as Minister of Health in Prime Minister António Costa's third cabinet. He previously was a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2022.[1]

Political career

Pizarro started his political career as a member of the Parish Council in Ramalde, Porto, firstly as a member of the Portuguese Communist Party and, from 1993, as a member of the Socialist Party.[2] He was firstly elected to parliament after the 2005 legislative election, being a candidate in Porto District.[3]

He ran for mayor of Porto twice, firstly in 2013 and secondly in 2017, losing both times to Rui Moreira.[4]

Pizzaro was elected as Member of the European Parliament after the 2019 European elections. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Fisheries.

In addition to his committee assignments, Pizzaro was part of the parliament's delegation for relations with Brazil.[5] He was also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Trade Unions[6] and the URBAN Intergroup.[7]

In September 2022, he was appointed by Prime Minister António Costa to replace Marta Temido as Minister of Health, joining the XXIII Constitutional Government.[8]

On May 18, 2023, the Portuguese state broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal reported that Pizarro was under investigation by the Portuguese Public Prosecution Service.[9]

Other activities

References

  1. ^ MEP profile
  2. ^ Carvalho, Miguel Santos Carrapatoso, Rita Tavares, Rita Pereira. "Pizarro, o "canivete suíço" e "apparatchik de primeira água" que diz sim ao amigo e ao inimigo". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 29 January 2024.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  4. ^ "De médico a eurodeputado: quem é Manuel Pizarro?". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 9 September 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  5. ^ Manuel Pizzaro European Parliament.
  6. ^ Intergroup on Trade Unions European Parliament.
  7. ^ Members URBAN Intergroup.
  8. ^ "Manuel Pizarro é o novo ministro da Saúde". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Ministério Público está a investigar Manuel Pizarro". Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (in Portuguese). 18 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  10. ^ Members – Western & Central Europe
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