Born in 1973. Madeira. Graduate in Law at University of Coimbra (1996). Worked as a lawyer from 1996 until 2000. In 2000, he became an advisor to the Vice-President of the Regional Government of Madeira. In the JSD (Juventude Social Democrata - Social Democratic Youth), he was Member and Vice-President of the Council of Regional Jurisdiction, and Member of the Regional Political Committee. He was a Member of the Committee for the Coordination of REGLEG - Conference of Presidents of the Regions with Legislative Powers - and he represented the President of the Regional Government in the Congress of the Local and Regional Powers in the Council of Europe. He is currently a Member of the Regional Political Committee of PSD Madeira. MEP since 2009.