The Prime Minister and the President of the Assembly of the Republic today expressed regret at the death of Julio Pereira, former Secretary General of the Information System of the Portuguese Republic (SIRP), highlighting his professionalism and dedication to public service.
Julio Pereira, who headed the SIRP for 12 years, from 2005 to 2017, and who was Minister of State for Defense in the first socialist government under António Guterres, died today at the age of 71.
“It is with regret that I mourn the death of Julio Pereira. I recall his professionalism and lifetime of dedication to public service, highlighting his role as Secretary General of SIRP between 2005 and 2017. I express my condolences to family and friends,” wrote António Costa on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
Also in a message published on the same social network, Augusto Santos Silva claims that Julio Pereira’s “competence, sobriety and dedication to public service” have been recognized by all.
“As a Justice of the Peace in the Ministry of State, he effectively carried out positions of maximum responsibility such as the position of Secretary General of SIRP. Our most sincere condolences go to his family,” added the President of the Assembly of the Republic.
Julio Alberto Carneiro Pereira worked for the Government of Macau, where he served for 10 years as Advisor to the Assistant Minister for Administration, Director of Administration and Civil Service and Administrator of the Macau Pension Fund. He also served as diplomatic advisor to the Governor of Macau from 1986 to 1989.
The former head of the “secret” was the director of operations of the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) between 1997 and 2000 before rising to the top of SIRP.
Julio Pereira was born in Montalegre, Vila Real district, graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra and studied in the Chinese capital Beijing, where he took an intensive course in language and culture. He had a master’s degree in Chinese studies and spoke Chinese.
After leaving the head of the intelligence services, Julio Pereira returned to the Supreme Court as deputy attorney general.
Between 2001 and 2003 he was also director of the defunct Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF).
Julio Pereira has been an advocate of “secret” access to communications metadata and eavesdropping capabilities in the fight against terrorism.
In an interview he gave to Expresso in 2018, when asked if he was a member of Freemasonry, he replied that they had already tried to “take him on a visit”, but the organization had not mobilized him.
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