José Gusmão, current MEP, is the head of the list of the Left Block for the Algarve in the next Legislative Elections of 30 January. João Vasconcelos, deputy elected by the circle of Faro since 2015, will leave Parliament.
The lists were approved this weekend by the National Bureau of Blocists, and present, in the Algarve, the great news of José Gusmão replacing Vasconcelos as head of the list.
José Gusmão, who has no obvious connection with the Algarve, has been an MEP since 2019 and has also been a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic in the XI Legislature (2009-2011).
Between 2011 and 2018, he worked as an assistant at the European Parliament, with Miguel Portas and Marisa Matias. Integrates the National Secretariat of the Left Bloc.
An economist by training, he has a degree from the Higher Institute of Economics and Management (ISEG), where he was part of the direction of the Student Association and the University Senate.
The Left Block list for the Algarve is made up of 14 elements. After José Gusmão, Igor Gago, 23, a university student, and Sandra da Costa, 44, a university professor/researcher, appear.
Despite leaving the lists, João Vasconcelos, who recently had opposition in the fight for the leadership of the District of Bloc, is the candidate's agent.
In a press release, the Left Bloc says that “it intends to continue the work developed in defense of the Algarve, as it has done, through the dozens of work visits carried out over the years by deputy João Vasconcelos to the various councils in the region and contact with resident populations, with main emphasis on the struggle to improve the living conditions of the Algarve, namely in health, work, housing, environment and economy and mobility».
"We believe that the Algarve and its population, given the evidence given by the deputy of the Left Bloc in the region, can continue to trust in a dignified representation and in the defense and struggle for the improvement of living conditions in the Algarve communities", he concludes.
Who is José Gusmão?
José Gusmão was born on July 20, 1976, in Lisbon.
Economist, he has a degree from the Higher Institute of Economics and Management (ISEG), where he was part of the direction of the Student Association and the University Senate.
He was a research assistant at the Center for Research on Portuguese Economy (affiliated with ISEG), within the scope of the “Inquiry on the Use of Industrial Property in Portugal”, and a researcher at Dinâmica – Center for Studies on Socioeconomic Change (affiliated with ISCTE), within the scope European project “The normative dimension of economic action”.
He has been one of the authors of the economy blog “Bicycle Thieves” for several years, and co-author of the books “A Crisis, the Troika and Urgent Alternatives”, “ABC of Socialism” and “Economia com Todos”.
As an activist, he participated in ATTAC Portugal, in the Portuguese Social Forum, in the Associação Fórum Manifesto, in the Initiative for a Citizen's Debt Audit and in the Democratic Congress of Alternatives. He was a member of the Portuguese Communist Party. Later, he joined the Left Block.
He was a deputy to the Assembly of the Republic in the XI Legislature, having been vice-chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee (COF).
Between 2011 and 2018, he worked as an assistant at the European Parliament, with Miguel Portas and Marisa Matias. Integrates the National Secretariat of the Left Bloc.
He was elected deputy to the European Parliament in the 2019 elections by the Left Bloc lists. He is vice-chairman of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON).
He is Coordinator of the Left Group in the European Parliament on the same committee and also on the Fiscal Affairs Committee (FISC). He is finally an alternate member of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee and Vice-Chair of the interparliamentary group on disability issues.
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