Paulo Jorge Velez Muacho (born 14 July 1990) is a

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lawyer, 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

Setúbal Setúbal (, , ; cel-x-proto, Caetobrix) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies within the Lisbon metropolitan area. In the ti ...

since March 2024.

Early life

Muacho was born on 14 July 1990 in Campo Maior. He grew up in

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on the south bank of the

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. He has a

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in law. He also has a

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in law.

Career

Muacho is a practicing lawyer. Muacho joined

in 2014 shortly after its formation and has been a part of the Contact Group, the party's

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, from 2015 to 2020 and since 2022. He was a member of Lisbon City Council from 2017 to 2021. He is currently working as coordinator for the LIVRE group on Lisbon City Council. At the 2015 legislative election Muacho was placed tenth on LIVRE's

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of candidates in

but the party failed to win any seats in the constituency. At the 2019 legislative election he was placed fourth on LIVRE's list of candidates in Lisbon but the party only won a single seat in the constituency. At the 2022 legislative election he was placed first on LIVRE's list of candidates in Setúbal but 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

References

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