Carla Maria Proença de Castro Charters de Azevedo, better known as Carla Castro (Lisbon, 6 April 1978), is a
manager
Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a government bodies through business administration, nonprofit management, or the political science sub-field of public administra ...
, professor, and
Portuguese politician. She currently serves as a
Member of Parliament in the
Assembly of the Republic for the
Iniciativa Liberal (IL).
She is a professional manager with a career in strategy and marketing in the insurance sector. For 13 years, she taught strategy and consumer behavior and control management associated with strategic implementation as an Assistant and Guest Professor at the Lusófona University in Lisbon. She was also an invited lecturer at the Portuguese Academy of Insurance for over 12 years. She suspended all professional activities in 2019, to respond to the challenge launched by then IL president,
Carlos Guimarães Pinto
Carlos Manuel Guimarães Oliveira Pinto, better known as Carlos Guimarães Pinto (born in Espinho, Portugal, in 1983), is a Portuguese economist, author, university professor, think tank executive, blogger and politician. A prominent member of ...
, to advise the party's then only deputy,
João Cotrim de Figueiredo
João Fernando Cotrim de Figueiredo (born 24 June 1961) is a Portuguese businessman and Liberal Initiative politician. He was the party's first member of the Assembly of the Republic, for Lisbon, in October 2019. He was the leader of the party ...
, and build the Knowledge Center. She was vice-president of the IL parliamentary group from March 2022 until May 2023.
She is also a member of Portuguese Parliament Board.
Politics
She was a member of the Executive Committee of
Iniciativa Liberal from 2019 to 2023.
In the
2022 legislative elections, she was elected as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of
Lisbon
Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...
, having previously served as an advisor to the party's only deputy,
João Cotrim de Figueiredo
João Fernando Cotrim de Figueiredo (born 24 June 1961) is a Portuguese businessman and Liberal Initiative politician. He was the party's first member of the Assembly of the Republic, for Lisbon, in October 2019. He was the leader of the party ...
, since October 2019, and as coordinator of the IL's knowledge center.
After the premature announcement of
João Cotrim Figueiredo
João is a given name of Portuguese origin. It is equivalent to the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the s ...
's departure from the party leadership in October 2022, Carla Castro declared her candidacy for the leadership of the liberals.
Her list obtained 757 votes (44.0%) against List L, which received 888 votes (51.7%) for Rui Rocha, supported by João Cotrim Figueiredo and a significant part of the party structure. The list of counselor José Cardoso (List A) received 74 votes (4.3%).
After the January 2023 convention, Carla Castro offered her position as Vice President of the Parliamentary Group, but there was a consensus for the leadership of the group to remain in office. The vice-president of Carla Castro's list, Paulo Carmona, had proposed that Rui Rocha be the next parliamentary leader if Carla Castro were elected president of the liberals.
Also, after the convention, still in January 2023, Carla left the Budget and Finance Committee, however, she remained in the Education and Science Committee as the coordinator of the parliamentary group. At the same time, she took a position in the Labor, Social Security, and Inclusion Committee.
On 5 May 2023, she resigned as vice-president of the parliamentary group, stating that the position did not align with practice, expressing dissatisfaction with the management of the parliamentary group's activities.
See also
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Liberalism in Portugal
Since the beginning of liberalism in Portugal in the 19th century, several parties have, by gaining representation in parliament, continued the liberal ideology in contemporary Portuguese politics. But after the initial fervor of the Liberal Revol ...
References
External links
Carla Castroat Assembly of the Republic (in Portuguese)
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1978 births
Living people
20th-century Portuguese economists
Businesspeople from Lisbon
Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
Liberal Initiative people
21st-century Portuguese economists