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Augusto Santos Silva

Politician

Augusto Santos Silva 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	Augusto Santos Silva · Августо Сантуш Сілва · Аугусту Сантуш Силва · آوگوستو سانتوس سیلوا · أوقستو سانتوس سيلفا · 3 more...				[sources]
Other name	Augusto Ernesto Santos Silva · Augusto Ernesto dos Santos Silva · Augustus Santos Silva · Ernesto Augusto Santos Silva · Августо Сантуш Сілва · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	アウグスト・サントス・シルバ				[sources]
Birth date	1956-08-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Porto				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Portugal				[sources]
Country	Portugal				[sources]
Citizenship	Portugal				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Augusto				[sources]
Last name	Santos · Silva				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q769747				[sources]
Position	Assembleia da República (member, 2011-2011) · Minister of Culture (2001-2002) · Minister of Education (2000-2001) · Minister of Foreign Affairs (2019-2022) · Minister of National Defence (2009-2011) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Porto				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Portuguese politician, school teacher and journalist

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of National Defence	2009-10-26	2011-06-21

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-portugal-augusto-santos-silva-min-of-foreign-affairs · evpo-3a9d56cd-ecd3-4568-bf76-b05de9f22186

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