Fernando Pinto Monteiro

Fernando José de Matos Pinto Monteiro GCC (5 April 1942 – 8 June 2022) was a Portuguese lawyer, magistrate and judge.

Fernando Pinto Monteiro
Attorney General of Portugal
In office
9 October 2006 – 12 October 2012
Preceded byJosé Souto de Moura
Succeeded byJoana Marques Vidal
Personal details
Born
Fernando José de Matos Pinto Monteiro

(1942-04-05)5 April 1942
Porto de Ovelha, Almeida, Portugal
Died8 June 2022(2022-06-08) (aged 80)
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra

He served as Attorney General of the Republic of Portugal from 2006 to 2012.[1]

Controversies

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Suspicions were raised when Monteiro had lunch with former Prime Minister José Sócrates a few days before his arrest on 22 November 2014 on suspicion of tax fraud, money laundering, and corruption.[2]

On 25 March 2015, he was accused over Antena 1 by the President of the Union of Magistrates of the Public Ministry António Ventinhas of impeding investigations of politicians.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS - Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas". www.ordens.presidencia.pt. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Pinto Monteiro diz que almoço com Sócrates foi "coincidência". E fala em escutas - Portugal - DN". 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  3. ^ SAPO. "Pesquisa por: cmtv sapo". SAPO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. ^ Renascença. "Renascença - A par com o mundo". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 27 October 2021.