Sebastião Bugalho
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15 November 1995
affiliationsCDS–PP (2019–2021)
Independent (2021–2024)
João Fernandes Bugalho (father)
Sebastião Bugalho | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Portugal | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sebastião Maria Reis Bugalho 15 November 1995 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Party | PSD (2024–present) |
| Other political affiliations | CDS–PP (2019–2021) Independent (2021–2024) |
| Parent(s) | Patrícia Reis (mother) João Fernandes Bugalho (father) |
| Alma mater | Institute for Political Studies – Catholic University of Portugal |
| Occupation | Journalist • politician |
Sebastião Maria Reis Bugalho (European Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨβɐʃˈtjɐ̃w̃ βuˈɣaʎu]; born 15 November 1995) is a Portuguese politician, journalist and political commentator.[1][2] Bugalho serves as a Member of the European Parliament since 2024, after being elected as a member of the Democratic Alliance in the 2024 European Parliament election.[3]
He is the eldest son of journalists João Fernandes Bugalho and Patrícia Reis.[4]
He was a student of Political science at the Institute of Political Studies of the Catholic University and he currently studies at ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.[5]
Journalistic activity
He began his journalistic career at the Jornal i, when only 19 years old, after he proposed to write an opinion article there. He was subsequently invited to write a weekly opinion column and to work on the news coverage of the CDS – People's Party.[7]
In his first years of college he combined classes with internships at Jornal i and Sol. He wrote mainly about politics, having interviewed Pedro Nuno Santos, Graça Fonseca, Rui Moreira, Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos and André Ventura. Shortly before abandoning his journalistic career, he published a article about the future list of CDS-PP candidates for the 2019 legislative elections, a list that he would later join.[8][9]
He was then invited to offer political commentary on TVI, with José Miguel Júdice and Constança Cunha e Sá. He then had a program, with António Rolo Duarte, Novos Fora Nada, on TVI24.[10]
He was a columnist at Diário de Notícias, at Observador and a commentator at CNN Portugal.[11] He is currently a columnist for the weekly Expresso.[12] Between October 2023 and April 2024, he was a commentator on SIC Notícias, which underwent a rebranding that same month.[13]