Eduardo Jorge Costa Pinto (born 20 April 1987) is a Portuguese environmental engineer, politician and member of the Assembly of the Republic, the national

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of Portugal. A member of the

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party, he has represented

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since March 2024.

Early life

Pinto was born on 20 April 1987 in Amarante. He received a

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environmental engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering Academic discipline, discipline related to environmental science. It encompasses broad Science, scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiolo ...

the

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in 2010 after producing a

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titled ''Rainwater Harvesting Systems Implementation Inside Karunya University Campus'' for the

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. He received a

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in social and political philosophy from the

University of Minho The University of Minho (''Universidade do Minho'') is a public university in Minho Province, Portugal. It is divided into the following campuses: * Largo do Paço (rectorate), in Braga * Campus of Gualtar, in Braga * Convento dos Congregados, i ...

in 2020 after producing a thesis titled ''Green republicanism: non-domination for an ecologically sustainable planet''.

Career

Pinto is an environmental engineer by profession. He has worked abroad since 2008, in Lithuania, India, France, Italy and most recently in

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since 2012. He was a

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at the University of Minho's Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society. Pinto has written a number of books and

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. The comic book ''Amadeo, a vida e obra entre Amarante e Paris'' (2018), about the life of painter

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, was written by Pinto and illustrated by Eduardo Viana. ''Rendimento Básico Incondicional - Uma defesa da liberdade'' (2019), which he co-authored, won the 2019 Philosophy Essay Prize from the Portuguese Philosophy Society. ''Tamem digo - uma história de migrações'' (2022), written by Pinto and illustrated by Julia da Costa, tells the story of Pinto's grandmother Maria do Carmo and other women who stayed behind during the wave migration to France under fascist rule in Portugal. He also wrote the plays ''Uma História Trágico-Marítima'', which received an honourable mention in the 2017 INATEL/

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awards, and ''Seis meses''. Between the ages of 18 and 25, Pinto was a member of the

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but became disillusioned with the party's lack of commitment to

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and the European left ideals. He was one of the founders of the

party and was part of the Contact Group, the party's

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, from 2014 to 2020. At the 2015 legislative election Pinto was placed first on LIVRE's

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of candidates in

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but the party failed to win any seats in the constituency. He was a candidate for LIVRE at the

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and

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legislative elections in

but on each occasion the party failed to win any seats in the constituency. He was elected to the Assembly of the Republic at the 2024 legislative election.

Electoral history

Works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinto, Jorge 1987 births Environmental engineers Living people LIVRE politicians Members of the 16th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Members of the 17th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Portuguese engineers Portuguese expatriates in Belgium University of Minho alumni University of Porto alumni