Paulo Cafôfo
Cafôfo in 2022
Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 March 2022
Preceded by	Berta Nunes
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira
In office 15 October 2019 – 6 October 2021
Parliamentary group	Socialist Party
Majority	Social Democratic Party Popular Party
Mayor of Funchal
In office 21 October 2013 – 1 June 2019
Deputy	Filipa Jardim Fernandes Idalina Perestrelo Miguel Silva Gouveia
Preceded by	Miguel Albuquerque
Succeeded by	Miguel Silva Gouveia
Personal details
Born	Paulo Alexandre Nascimento Cafôfo (1971-05-18) 18 May 1971 Funchal, Madeira
Nationality	Portuguese
Political party	Nonpartisan
Alma mater	University of Coimbra
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Teacher

Paulo Cafôfo is a Portuguese teacher and politician who currently serves as Secretary of State for the Portuguese Communities, in charge of the affairs related to the Portuguese diaspora, in António Costa's 23rd Constitutional Government. He had previously been a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira for the Socialist Party, and was Mayor of Funchal, Madeira Island, from 2013 to 2019.

He graduated from the University of Coimbra with a degree in History, later becoming a History teacher in Madeira.^[1] Having no party affiliation, he was elected Mayor of Funchal in the 2013 local elections, leading a large coalition formed by the Socialist Party, Left Bloc, New Democracy Party, Earth Party, Portuguese Labour Party and the Party for Animals and Nature, defeating for the first time the long-ruling Social Democratic Party in this municipality.^[2]

He was elected member of the legislative body of Madeira in 2019.

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