Paulo Rangel

Paulo Rangel
Rangel in 2024
Minister of State and Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
2 April 2024
Prime MinisterLuís Montenegro
Preceded byJoão Gomes Cravinho
Member of the European Parliament
for Portugal
In office
14 July 2009  1 April 2024
Succeeded byAna Miguel dos Santos
Vice President of the Social Democratic Party
In office
3 July 2022  19 October 2024
PresidentLuís Montenegro
Preceded byAna Paula Martins
Succeeded byLeonor Beleza
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
10 March 2005  13 July 2009
ConstituencyPorto
Secretary of State
Adjunct to the Minister of Justice
In office
17 July 2004  12 March 2005
Prime MinisterPedro Santana Lopes
MinisterJosé Pedro Aguiar-Branco
Preceded byJoão Mota de Campos
Succeeded byJosé Manuel Conde Rodrigues
President of the Parliamentary Group of the Social Democratic Party
In office
26 June 2008  13 July 2009
PresidentManuela Ferreira Leite
Preceded byPedro Santana Lopes
Succeeded byAntónio Montalvão Machado
Personal details
Born
Paulo Artur dos Santos Castro de Campos Rangel

(1968-02-18) 18 February 1968
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Political partySocial Democratic Party (2005–present)
Other political
affiliations
CDS – People's Party (1996–1999)
Alma materPortuguese Catholic University
OccupationJuristPolitician

Paulo Artur dos Santos Castro de Campos Rangel (born 18 February 1968) is a Portuguese jurist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.

Previously, Rangel served as a Member of the European Parliament between 2009 and 2024. He also serves as treasurer of the European People's Party under the leadership of its president Manfred Weber.