João Galamba

João Saldanha de Azevedo Galamba (born 4 August 1976) is a Portuguese economist and politician. A leading member of the Socialist Party, he was a deputy to the Assembly of the Republic and vice-president of the parliamentary group. In previous governments, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for the Environment and Secretary of State for the Environment and Energy. He currently serves as Minister of Infrastructure in the XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal, following the resignation of Pedro Nuno Santos.[1][2][3]

João Galamba
Galamba in 2023
Minister of Infrastructure
Assumed office
January 4, 2023
Appointed byAntónio Costa
Preceded byPedro Nuno Santos
Personal details
Born4 August 1976 (age 46)
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partySocialist

Political career

Before accepting the position of Secretary of State, he was vice-president of the Parliamentary group of the Socialist Party, and served as a deputy from 2009 until 2019.[4] According to the biographical note on the Parliament website, he worked at Santander Group, in the consultancy DiamondCluster International, in the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union and in the Mission Unit for Integrated Continuous Care.[5]

In 2014, as a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic, Galamba warned José Sócrates that he would be the target of “anything against him very quickly”, a warning that referred to Operation Marquês.[6] In 2018, he stated before Parliament that the accusations of corruption and money laundering against the former prime minister shamed “any socialist”.[7]

He was chosen to be Deputy Secretary of State and Energy in the second Government of António Costa.[8] In António Costa's third government, he remained Secretary of State for Energy and the Environment.[9]

As Secretary of State, he was involved with the Public Prosecutor's Office, which investigated alleged irregularities in the concession for the exploration of lithium in Montalegre.[10] He defended that “he would have committed a crime” if he had reversed the order that reported the approval of the concession of research and exploitation of lithium to LusoRecursos, and said that he did what he had been asked to do.[11]

Following a broadcast of the program Friday at 9, he wrote on his Twitter page that the program was “manure” and a “disgusting thing”,[12] he received criticisms and condemnations from RTP and the Union of Journalists.[13]

After the resignation of the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Pedro Nuno Santos, António Costa appointed him as Minister of Infrastructure.[14][15] is choice provoked harsh criticism from the opposition: the leader of CHEGA, André Ventura, considered his appointment as "an affront to Justice, the Rule of Law and the country";";[16][17][18] The president of the Social Democratic Party, Luís Montenegro, considered that António Costa went "to the bench".[19]

Regarding his participation in the media, he was, from 2013 to 2018, a commentator on the socio-political debate program Sem Moderação - then broadcast on Canal Q and TSF and made available on the SAPO portal - where he worked until he joined the second government of Antonio Costa. Pedro Delgado Alves , also from the PS, replaced him in that place.[20]

References
  1. "Mudanças no Governo: João Galamba e Marina Gonçalves passam a ministros (País)". A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  2. "João Galamba é o novo ministro das Infraestruturas, Marina Gonçalves da Habitação". www.jn.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  3. Figueiredo, Ana Suspiro, Mariana Lima Cunha, Inês André. "O jovem turco que se tentou moderar mas continuou polémico no fato de governante". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. SAPO. "João Galamba é o novo ministro das Infraestruturas. Marina Gonçalves fica com novo ministério, o da Habitação". SAPO 24 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  5. ECO (2023-01-03). "Galamba: as conquistas e as polémicas enquanto secretário de Estado da Energia". ECO (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  6. ECO (2023-01-02). "Ventura classifica escolha de Galamba como "afronta ao Estado de Direito"". ECO (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  7. ECO (2023-01-03). "Galamba: as conquistas e as polémicas enquanto secretário de Estado da Energia". ECO (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  8. Renascença (2023-01-02). "João Galamba. Um "veterano" dos governos Costa com uma bagagem de polémicas - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  9. "João Galamba e Marina Gonçalves tomam posse na quarta-feira". www.jn.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  10. Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de. "João Galamba. Investigados negócios de lítio e hidrogénio verde". João Galamba. Investigados negócios de lítio e hidrogénio verde (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  11. "Novo ministro das Infraestruturas envolvido em duas polémicas". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  12. Renascença (2023-01-02). "João Galamba. Um "veterano" dos governos Costa com uma bagagem de polémicas - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  13. Renascença (2023-01-02). "João Galamba. Um "veterano" dos governos Costa com uma bagagem de polémicas - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  14. ECO (2023-01-02). "Costa nomeia João Galamba para ministro das Infraestruturas e Marina Gonçalves para ministra da Habitação". ECO (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  15. Madeira, RTP, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal-RTP. "João Galamba ministro das Infraestruturas e Marina Gonçalves ministra da Habitação". @rtppt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. "Nomeação de Galamba é "afronta à justiça, ao Estado de Direito e ao país", diz Ventura". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  17. Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de. "André Ventura. "Nomeação de João Galamba é uma afronta ao país, à justiça"". André Ventura. "Nomeação de João Galamba é uma afronta ao país, à justiça" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  18. "Chega quer demissão de Medina e diz que nomeação de Galamba é "afronta ao país e à justiça"". TSF Rádio Notícias (in European Portuguese). 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  19. MundialFM (2023-01-03). "João Galamba e Marina Gonçalves são os novos ministros das Infraestruturas e Habitação". Mundial FM (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  20. Pina, Pedro Filipe (2018-10-17). "João Galamba a caminho do Governo já tem substituto no 'Sem Moderação'". Notícias ao Minuto. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
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