Pedro Saraiva Gonçalves dos Santos Frazão (born April 27, 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.

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 (age 49)
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partyChega (since 2019)
Other political
affiliations
Social Democratic Party (formerly)
Children7
Alma materUniversity of Algarve

Biography

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Career

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c "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.