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João Pedro Matos Fernandes

Politician

João Pedro Matos Fernandes is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	João Pedro Matos Fernandes · Жуан Педру Матуш Фернандеш · جواو بيدرو ماتوس فيرنانديز				[sources]
Other name	João Pedro Soeiro de Matos Fernandes · Фернандеш, Жуан Педру Матуш				[sources]
Birth date	1967-12-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Águeda				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Portugal				[sources]
Citizenship	Portugal				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	João				[sources]
Last name	Fernandes · Matos				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q23800376				[sources]
Position	Minister for the Environment and Climate Action (2019-2022) · Minister of Environment and Energy Transition (2018-2019) · Minister of the Environment (2015-2018) · member of the Assembly of the Republic (-2022)				[sources]
Education	University of Porto				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Portuguese politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Pêpê Rapazote Close Associate	male cousin · relative	-	-
Capicua Close Associate	female cousin · relative	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Assembly of the Republic	2022-03-29	2022-09-12
Minister of Environment and Energy Transition	2018-10-15

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories377,485

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,534

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External databases

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Wikidata350,491

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,192

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-portugal-joao-pedro-matos-fernandes-min-of-environment-climate-action

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