Miguel Pinto Luz

Miguel Pinto Luz was born in Lisbon on 8 March 1977. He is married and has three children. 

He graduated in Electrotechnical Engineering and Computers from Instituto  Superior Técnico in 2000. He has an MBA from AESE Business School/IESE  (Navarra University). 

Over the last few decades, he has held several managerial, leadership and  teaching posts, namely: president of the Alfredo de Sousa Foundation, Deputy Mayor  of Cascais, member of the board of the Inclusive Community Forum, president of  SEDES Lisboa, vice-president of a Regional Tourism Body, director of the Paula Rego  Foundation, chair and director of various companies and agencies of the local and  inter-municipal corporate sector, researcher for the INESC-ID Information Systems Groups, and guest lecturer at Nova School of Business and Economics and  Instituto Superior Técnico. 

He was Minister of Infrastructure and Housing in Luís Montenegro’s first Government. 

He was Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transports, and Communications  during Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho’s Government. 

Party-wise, he is currently member of the national political committee of the Social  Democratic Party and over the last almost thirty years of party life he has taken on the roles of national advisor, and leader at the council, district level and vice-president  for the Social Democrats.