Paulo Pisco

Paulo Alexandre de Carvalho Pisco (born 22 August 1961) is a Portuguese politician, who is a member of the Assembly of the Republic. He was a Member of the Portuguese Assembly in the 8th legislature for the Socialist Party (PS) which ran up to 2002. He returned to the Assembly of the Republic in the 11th Legislature in 2009 and continues to serve as a Member for the Europe constituency, which represents the Portuguese diaspora in that geographical region.

Within the Portuguese Assembly, Pisco sits on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities, being the coordinator for the Socialist Parliamentary Group, as well as, being a member of the European Affairs Committee.

He has been representing Portugal since 9 October 2017 in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, sitting with the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group. He sits on various committees, having previously been Chair and Vice-Chair for some of the committees. He currently sits on the Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People, Sub-Committee on Diasporas and Integration, as well as, the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons.

Pisco is also Chair of the Portugal-Luxembourg Parliamentary Friendship Group and Vice-Chair of the Portugal-France Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Prior to entering politics, Pisco was a journalist and studied and obtained a degree in Philosophy from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and a postgraduate qualification in European Studies from the Université libre de Bruxelles.