Pedro Frazão

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Pedro Saraiva Gonçalves dos Santos Frazão (born 27 April 1975) is a Portuguese veterinarian and politician for the Chega party. Since 2022 he has been a member of the Assembly of the Republic representing the Santarém constituency and is a vice-president of Chega.

Biography

Career

Frazão was born to a military family in Lisbon in 1975.[1] He studied marine biology at the University of Algarve and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States before returning to Portugal to study a course in veterinary medicine. He subsequently worked at a veterinary clinic and for the Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture before founding his own veterinary practice. He has also worked as a part-time teacher of veterinary studies.[1] He is a member of Opus Dei and teaches at its Colégio Planalto.[2]

Politics

Frazão joined Chega in 2019 and has been the party's spokesman on agriculture. He has stated concerns over taxation policies and farming in Portugal motivated his involvement.[1] In May 2021, he was appointed as a vice-president of the party.[3] In the same year, he was elected as a municipal councilor for Chega in Santarém.[4]

For the 2022 Portuguese legislative election, Frazão contested the Santarém constituency and won a seat. In the Assembly he sits on the committees for agriculture, health and political transparency.[5][6]

References

  1. 1.[1.2][1.3]Capelo, Sara; Henrique Espada, Maria (15 November 2021). "Quem é Pedro Frazão, o veterinário vice do Chega que ofendeu Joacine?". Sábado (in European Portuguese). Medialivre. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  2. 2.Marchi, Riccardo (2023), "Christian Mobilization in Portugal in the 21st Century", in Lo Mascolo, Gionathan (ed.), The Christian Right in Europe: Movements, Networks, and Denominations (PDF), Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, p. 315.
  3. 3.Figueiredo, Inês André (30 May 2021). "Quem entra, quem sai e quem muda de lugar. As novidades na direção de André Ventura". Observador (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  4. 4."Resultados Autárquicas 2021". autarquicas2021.mai.gov.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  5. 5."Ao minuto: direção do PSD apanhada de surpresa pelos resultados, PS ainda sonha com a maioria". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  6. 6."Eleições Legislativas 2022. Resultados Globais, Território Nacional e Estrangeiro". legislativas2022.mai.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Ministry of Internal Administration (Portugal). Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 2022-01-30.