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António Couto dos Santos

PEP · Politician

António Couto dos Santos 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	António Couto dos Santos · Couto dos Santos · אנטוניו קוטו דוש סנטוש				[sources]
Alias	Antonio Couto dos Santos · António Couto dos Santos · António Fernando Couto dos Santos · Couto dos Santos				[sources]
Birth date	1949-05-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Forjães				[sources]
Death date	2025-01-06				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Portugal				[sources]
Citizenship	Portugal				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	António				[sources]
Last name	Santos				[sources]
Political association	Social Democratic Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2857733				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Assembleia da República (member, 2009-2011) · Assembleia da República (member, 2011-2015) · Minister of Education (1992-1993) · member of the Assembly of the Republic				[sources]
Education	Instituto Superior Técnico				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-12	Last processed	2026-04-12	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Portuguese politician (1949–2025)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-12

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,305

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,144

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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