From Sebastian Bugalho to Marta Temido: who is the candidate in the European elections?

Elections to the European Parliament will be held on June 9 in the country, and most political parties with seats in parliament have already decided who will be candidates for the European Parliament, with the exception of PAN, which has not yet decided to do so on April 24. From surprises, find out who will top the lists – Sebastian Bugallo (AD) and Joana Amaral Diaz (ADN).

In 2019, Sebastian Bugalho was elected to the CDS list in sixth place and represented the Lisbon Circle, but without being elected as an MP, he returned to journalism, eventually following in the footsteps of his parents João Bugalho and Patricia Reis. His career began in a newspaper. I and then in the weekly Sun in which he signed articles mainly on national politics, later becoming a TVI24 commentator and “political analyst”, he caused some controversy along the way. In 2021 SATURDAY he realized that PSP was investigating him for the crime of domestic violence. He was now a commentator for SIC Notícias when he was announced as the head of the European Democratic Alliance (AD) list.

In Bloco de Esquerda, the list will be headed by SIC Notícias commentator Catarina Martins. Until last year he was the party leader, giving way to Mariana Mortagua. Although she is known as a former deputy and coordinator of the Bloc de Esquerda, she was once an actress. “I did very little,” he said in an interview with the publication You’re on TV, from TVI. “A significant part of my work was directing and writing projects. Some events were recorded. There is a film that (..) was made based on a theater play that told the story of a family, and I was the only person who had more or less regular activities, which was understandable, although it doesn’t seem like it, because she was the kind of unreliable worker who will cheer you up shopping centerswith stupid animations.”

Also in the Liberal Initiative, the list is headed by former leader Cotrim de Figueiredo. Before politics, the 62-year-old economist began his professional life in the hanger business when he was still 15 years old. “I was laughed at a lot, but I grew a lot in that month,” he said in 2015. SATURDAY.

In addition, he was also a manager and businessman, holding various positions in companies such as Compal and Nutricafés until 2006, but he eventually resigned, saying that it was impossible to guarantee the necessary conditions for the success of projects. In November 2013, he took over as president of Turismo de Portugal, where he distinguished himself by changing the focus of tourism promotion to online.

Researcher Francisco Pauperio will head the Livre list. He is only 28 years old, he is a biologist and specializes in bioinformatics. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Integrative Biology and Biomedicine at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, where he studies the evolution of bacteria through techniques. in silicabut it happened before too Data Scientist V launchself-explainer and even wrote an opinion article for the magazine Vision.

His election in the Livre primaries eventually became controversial as changes to the voting criteria for the second round were discussed.

António Tangier Correa, the current vice-president of Chega and number one on the European list, was a diplomat and former CDS activist. During his 71 years, his service as Portuguese Ambassador to Doha, Egypt, Lithuania, Tel Aviv, Belgrade, Sarajevo and Beijing stands out.

Marta Temido, who served as health minister during António Costa’s three governments, will head the PS lists. At 50, the hospital administrator held the positions of Administrator (non-executive) of the Board of Directors of the Hospital da Cruz Vermelha, as well as Deputy Director of the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of the University of Nova de Lisboa.

She holds a PhD in International Health from the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of the University of Novaya Lisboa, and a Master’s degree in Health Management and Economics and a degree in Law from the University of Coimbra. She stood out for leading the health department during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Little ones

Ruy Fonseca e Castro, elected by the Hergé Te party, is a former Portuguese judge whose history has been marked by several controversies. A denier of the Covid-19 pandemic, the former secretary-general of the National Democratic Alternative (NDA) party is already the subject of a disciplinary process by the High Council of Justice over a video he posted on social media and social networks. which he called former President of the Assembly of the Republic Ferro Rodriguez a “pedophile”, which led to his expulsion from the national judiciary on April 7, 2021. Ruy Fonseca y Castro was also the subject of a complaint by the PSP when, while guarding a demonstration, he challenged the PSP national director to an MMA fight.

“If Mr. Magina wins, I will stop everything. I’ll stop everything immediately. I will disappear from Facebook, I will disappear from everywhere. I will return to my insignificance. If I win, Mr. Magina will go on television and say: “I am an idiot, a puppet, a government boss, and I am in this position only because I am a Freemason,” he said then through the Habeas Corpus Association, a Facebook account through which he used his denying theories to advertise. They even announced it on YouTube, according to morning Postvarious “legal courses” on how to avoid traffic fines ranging from 15 to 20 euros.

Psychologist Joana Amaral Díaz, born in Luanda, returns to political work, this time through ADN. As a deputy for the Esquerda Bloc between 2002 and 2005, she was also the representative of presidential candidate Mário Soares, which led her to leave the party. He then turned to the Juntos Podemos movement, from which he moved to another political group created to participate in the 2015 legislative elections in a coalition with the PTP and MAS – Agir. Two years later, she reappears as a candidate for the Lisbon City Council from the Nos, Cidadaos district. In 2024, he leaves the left camp and goes to the right-wing conservatives.

“In the face of great injustice, there are those who can remain silent; in the face of threats to peace, there are those who can remain silent; In the face of attacks on our freedoms, there are those who can remain silent. I’m not like that, I can’t stay away. That is why I am your candidate for the European Parliament, to be your alternative, to fight for your rights and condemn the lobbies and deals of those who behave as if it all belongs to them.” She stated this in a video posted on her social media when she announced her DNA candidacy.

Joana Amaral Diaz still appears regularly in television commentary. Both from information channels and from generalists and the printed press.