Paulo Raimundo

Paulo Raimundo
Raimundo in 2024
General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 November 2022
Preceded byJerónimo de Sousa
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 March 2024
ConstituencyLisbon
Personal details
BornPaulo Alexandre Cantigas Raimundo
(1976-09-24) 24 September 1976 (age 50)
Cascais, Portugal
PartyPortuguese Communist Party (1994–present)
Other political
affiliations
Portuguese Communist Youth (1991–2006)
Children4
OccupationPolitician

Paulo Alexandre Cantigas Raimundo (born 24 September 1976) is a Portuguese politician who serves as the General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) since the party's National Conference in November 2022.

Early life

Raimundo was born in Cascais. His family moved to Setúbal when he was three. In 1991, he joined the Portuguese Communist Youth, the youth wing of the PCP; he later became an official PCP member in 1994.

Personal life

Raimundo is married and has four children.

References

  1. ↑ "Paulo Raimundo eleito Secretário-Geral do PCP". Partido Comunista Português (in European Portuguese). 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Lopes, Maria (12 November 2022). "Paulo Raimundo eleito líder do PCP por unanimidade – só ele não votou". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Tavares-Telles, Alexandra (5 November 2022). "Paulo Raimundo: o comunista que gosta de fazer "cenas"". Jornal de Notícias (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  4. ↑ Guerreiro Rodrigues, João (5 November 2022). "Quem é Paulo Raimundo, o homem escolhido para substituir Jerónimo de Sousa no PCP?" [Who is Paulo Raimundo, the man chosen to replace Jerónimo de Sousa in the PCP?] (in European Portuguese). CNN Portugal. Retrieved 12 July 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ Galvão, Martim (7 June 2025). "Onde vive Paulo Raimundo: a casa do líder comunista situa-se na Margem Sul" [Where does Paulo Raimundo live? The communist leader's house is located on the pt:Margem Sul]. Idealista.news. Retrieved 2 September 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)