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Fernando Pinto Monteiro | |
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| Attorney General of Portugal | |
| In office 9 October 2006 – 12 October 2012 | |
| Preceded by | José Souto de Moura |
| Succeeded by | Joana Marques Vidal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fernando José de Matos Pinto Monteiro 5 April 1942 Porto de Ovelha, Almeida, Portugal |
| Died | 8 June 2022 (aged 80) |
| Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
Fernando José de Matos Pinto Monteiro GCC (5 April 1942 – 8 June 2022) was a Portuguese lawyer, magistrate and judge.
He served as Attorney General of the Republic of Portugal from 2006 to 2012.[1]
Controversies
[edit]Suspicions were raised when Monteiro had lunch with former Prime Minister José Sócrates a few days before his arrest on 22 November 2014 on suspicion of tax fraud, money laundering, and corruption.[2]
On 25 March 2015, he was accused over Antena 1 by the President of the Union of Magistrates of the Public Ministry António Ventinhas of impeding investigations of politicians.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS - Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas". www.ordens.presidencia.pt. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ "Pinto Monteiro diz que almoço com Sócrates foi "coincidência". E fala em escutas - Portugal - DN". 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ SAPO. "Pesquisa por: cmtv sapo". SAPO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ Renascença. "Renascença - A par com o mundo". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
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