Jorge Seguro Sanches

Jorge Seguro Sanches
Secretary of State for National Defence
In office
26 October 2019 – 30 March 2022
Prime MinisterAntónio Costa
Preceded byAna Santos Pinto
Succeeded byMarco Capitão Ferreira
Secretary of State for Energy
In office
26 November 2015 – 17 October 2018
Prime MinisterAntónio Costa
Preceded byArtur Trindade
Succeeded byJoão Galamba
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
31 March 2022 – 25 March 2024
ConstituencySetúbal
In office
18 September 2006 – 19 June 2011
ConstituencyCastelo Branco
In office
2 November 2005 – 14 January 2006
ConstituencyCastelo Branco
Personal details
BornJorge Filipe Teixeira Seguro Sanches
(1965-07-30) 30 July 1965 (age 61)
Penamacor, Portugal
PartySocialist Party
OccupationPolitician

Jorge Filipe Teixeira Seguro Sanches (born 30 July 1965) is a Portuguese politician who has served as Secretary of State for National Defence from 2019 until 2022 and as Secretary of State for Energy from 2015 until 2018. He was also a member of the Assembly of the Republic from 2005 until 2011 and from 2022 until 2024.

Biography

Seguro Sanches was born in Penamacor, in 1965. He studied Law in the Lusíada University of Lisbon, later doing three post-graduations in International Relations, Energy Law and Water Law.

As a member of the Socialist Party (PS), during António Guterres' time as Prime Minister, Seguro Sanches was the chief of staff for several Ministers and Secretaries of State, including his cousin, future President António José Seguro.

He joined the Assembly of the Republic for the first time following the 2005 legislative election as deputy from Castelo Branco, being in office from November 2005 until January 2006 and from September 2006 until June 2011.

He was appointed by António Costa as the Secretary of State for Energy in his first government, being in office until October 2018, and, in his second government he became the Secretary of State for National Defence.

Following the 2022 legislative election, he returned to Parliament, this time as a deputy from Setúbal, being in office until 2024.

In February 2026 he became the Director-general for Consumer Affairs.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jorge Seguro Sanches - Secretário de Estado da Defesa Nacional - Defesa Nacional - XXII Governo Constitucional". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Tavares, Rita. ""Essa é de ficar de boca aberta": os primos famosos (e desconhecidos) na árvore genealógica de Seguro". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Biografia | Jorge Seguro Sanches". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Seguro Sanches também sai do Governo". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Governo nomeia Jorge Seguro Sanches para liderar Direção-Geral do Consumidor". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 20 March 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2026.