Pedro Frazão

Pedro Saraiva Gonçalves dos Santos Frazão (born April 27, 1975) is a Portuguese veterinarian and politician for the Chega party.

Pedro Frazão
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Assumed office
March 29, 2022
Constituency Santarém
Personal details
Born
Pedro Saraiva Gonçalves dos Santos Frazão

(1975-04-27) 27 April 1975
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partyChega
Alma materUniversity of Algarve

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]

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.[2] In the same year, he was elected as a municipal councilor for Chega in Santarém.[3]

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.[4][5]

References
  1. "Quem é Pedro Frazão, o veterinário vice do Chega que ofendeu Joacine?". www.sabado.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  2. Figueiredo, Inês André. "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.
  3. "Resultados Autárquicas 2021". www.autarquicas2021.mai.gov.pt. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  4. "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.
  5. "Eleições Legislativas 2022". legislativas2022.mai.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-01-30.


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