Ricardo Rio

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Ricardo Rio
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Mayor of Braga
Assumed office
21 October 2013
Firmino Marques
Preceded byMesquita Machado
Personal details
Born
Ricardo Bruno Antunes Machado Rio

(1972-11-21) 21 November 1972 (age 48)
Braga, Portugal
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Children3 daughters
Alma materUniversity of Porto
ProfessionEconomist

Ricardo Bruno Antunes Machado Rio (Braga, 21 November 1972) is a Portuguese economist and politician, currently serving as mayor of Braga.

A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he became mayor in the 2013 local elections in coalition with the CDS – People's Party and People's Monarchist Party. Since the first democratic elections in 1976, the city had been presided over by Mesquita Machado of the Socialist Party, who did not run in 2013 due to term limits.[1]

In April 2017, the PSD voted unanimously for him to be their mayoral candidate for the elections in October. One of his policies was to convert Braga into a smart city.[2] He won a second term, with his right-wing coalition getting 53% of the votes.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ricardo Rio acaba com 37 anos de governação socialista em Braga" [Ricardo Rio ends 37 years of Socialist government in Braga]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 30 September 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Ricardo Rio recandidata-se a Braga para "criar uma smart city"" [Ricardo Rio puts himself forward again for Braga to "create a smart city"]. Público (in Portuguese). 8 April 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. ^ Silva, Samuel (2 October 2017). "Braga: Vitória histórica no antigo bastião socialista" [Braga: Historic victory in the former Socialist bastion]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 February 2021.


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