Paulo Muacho

{{Short description|Portuguese politician (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Paulo Muacho | honorific_suffix = | image = Paulo Muacho - Entrevista 'O Setubalense' 2022 (cropped).png | image_size = | caption = Muacho in 2022

| birth_name = Paulo Jorge Velez Muacho | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|07|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Campo Maior, Portugal | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | party = LIVRE | other_party = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = Lawyer | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Paulo Jorge Velez Muacho''' (born 14 July 1990) is a Portuguese lawyer, politician and member of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. A member of the LIVRE party, he has represented Setúbal since March 2024.

==Early life== Muacho was born on 14 July 1990 in Campo Maior.<ref name="AR">{{cite web |title=Deputados: Biografia - Paulo Muacho |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=6932 |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url= |archive-date= |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref><ref name="LIVRE1">{{cite web |title=Paulo Muacho |url=https://partidolivre.pt/primarias-legislativas-2024/setubal/paulo-muacho |publisher=LIVRE |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313203838/https://partidolivre.pt/primarias-legislativas-2024/setubal/paulo-muacho |archive-date=13 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> He grew up in Seixal on the south bank of the Tagus.<ref name="LIVRE1"/><ref name="OS">{{cite news |last1=Rito |first1=Francisco Alves |title=Paulo Muacho: “Se mudarmos agora de governo, provavelmente o aeroporto não irá avançar” |url=https://osetubalense.com/ultimas/2022/01/12/paulo-muacho-se-mudarmos-agora-de-governo-provavelmente-o-aeroporto-nao-ira-avancar/ |access-date=30 March 2024 |work=O Setubalense |date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812220437/https://osetubalense.com/ultimas/2022/01/12/paulo-muacho-se-mudarmos-agora-de-governo-provavelmente-o-aeroporto-nao-ira-avancar/ |archive-date=12 August 2022 |location=Setúbal, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> He has a degree in law.<ref name="AR"/> He also has a master's degree in law.<ref name="AR"/>

==Career== Muacho is a practicing lawyer.<ref name="LIVRE1"/><ref name="LIVRE2">{{cite web |title=Paulo Muacho |url=https://partidolivre.pt/?team=paulo-velez-muacho |publisher=LIVRE |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313193059/https://partidolivre.pt/?team=paulo-velez-muacho |archive-date=13 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref>

Muacho joined LIVRE in 2014 shortly after its formation and has been a part of the Contact Group, the party's executive body, from 2015 to 2020 and since 2022.<ref name="LIVRE1"/><ref name="LIVRE2"/> He was a member of Lisbon City Council from 2017 to 2021.<ref name="LIVRE1"/><ref name="OS"/> He is currently working as coordinator for the LIVRE group on Lisbon City Council.<ref name="LIVRE1"/> At the 2015 legislative election Muacho was placed tenth on LIVRE's list of candidates in Setúbal but the party failed to win any seats in the constituency.<ref name="el15">{{cite web |title=Candidatos |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2015/candidatos.html |website=Eleições legislativas 2015 4 outubro |publisher=Ministry of Internal Administration |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209141628/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2015/candidatos.html |archive-date=9 December 2023 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> 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.<ref name="el19">{{cite web |title=Candidatos |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2019/candidatos.html |website=Eleições legislativas 2019 6 de outubro |publisher=Ministry of Internal Administration |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127183241/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2019/candidatos.html |archive-date=27 January 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> 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.<ref name="el22">{{cite web |title=Candidatos |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2022/candidatos |website=Eleições legislativas 30 de janeiro de 2022 |publisher=Ministry of Internal Administration |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116151420/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2022/candidatos |archive-date=16 January 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> He was elected to the Assembly of the Republic at the 2024 legislative election.<ref name="el24">{{cite web |title=Candidatos |url=https://www.legislativas2024.mai.gov.pt/candidatos |website=Eleições legislativas 10 de março de 2024 |publisher=Ministry of Internal Administration |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311152645/https://www.legislativas2024.mai.gov.pt/candidatos |archive-date=11 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref>

==Electoral history== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |+ Electoral history of Paulo Muacho ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col colspan="2"|Alliance ! scope=col|No. ! scope=col|Result |- | 2015 legislative<ref name="el15"/> || Setúbal || {{party color cell|LIVRE/Tempo de Avançar}} || LIVRE/Tempo de Avançar || || || align=right|10 || Not elected |- | 2017 local<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Série I - Comissão Nacional de Eleições: Mapa Oficial n.º 1-A/2017 - Mapa oficial dos resultados das eleições gerais para os órgãos das autarquias locais de 1 de outubro de 2017 |magazine=Diário da República |date=30 November 2017 |volume=2017 |issue=231 |pages=6502-(225) |url=https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/al2017_mapa_resultados.pdf |access-date=16 March 2024 |via=National Elections Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131213554/https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/al2017_mapa_resultados.pdf |archive-date=31 January 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> || Lisbon Municipal Assembly || {{party color cell|LIVRE}} || LIVRE || {{party color cell|Socialist Party (Portugal)}} || Socialist Party || align=right|5 || '''Elected''' |- | 2019 legislative<ref name="el19"/> || Lisbon || {{party color cell|LIVRE}} || LIVRE || || || align=right|4 || Not elected |- | 2022 legislative<ref name="el22"/> || Setúbal || {{party color cell|LIVRE}} || LIVRE || || || align=right|1 || Not elected |- | 2024 legislative<ref name="el24"/> || Setúbal || {{party color cell|LIVRE}} || LIVRE || || || align=right|1 || '''Elected''' |}

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Paulo Muacho

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