José Luís Carneiro

José Luís Carneiro
Carneiro in 2023
Minister of Internal Administration
In office 30 March 2022 – 2 April 2024
Prime Minister	António Costa
Preceded by	Francisca Van Dunem
Succeeded by	Margarida Blasco
Deputy Secretary-General of the Socialist Party
In office 17 October 2019 – 30 March 2022
Secretary-General	António Costa
Preceded by	Ana Catarina Mendes
Succeeded by	João Torres
Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities
In office 26 November 2015 – 26 October 2019
Prime Minister	António Costa
Preceded by	José Cesário
Succeeded by	Berta Nunes
Mayor of Baião
In office 2 November 2005 – 25 August 2015
Preceded by	Emília dos Anjos Pereira da Silva
Succeeded by	Paulo Pereira
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 March 2022
Constituency	Braga
In office 25 October 2019 – 28 March 2022
Constituency	Porto
In office 23 October 2015 – 26 November 2015
Constituency	Porto
In office 10 March 2005 – 2 November 2005
Constituency	Porto
Member of the Baião City Council
In office 10 October 1999 – 25 August 2015
Personal details
Born	José Luís Pereira Carneiro (1971-10-04) 4 October 1971 Baião, Porto, Portugal
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	University of Lisbon

José Luís Pereira Carneiro (born 4 October 1971) is a Portuguese politician from the Socialist Party.

Political career

He has been Minister of Internal Administration in the XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal since 30 March 2022. Polling in 2023 found him to be the most popular minister in the government of António Costa.

Following Costa's resignation as the prime minister of Portugal, Carneiro was a candidate for the leadership of the Socialist Party. On 16 December of the same year, he lost against Pedro Nuno Santos in an internal vote.