Fernando Pinto Monteiro

Fernando José de Matos Pinto Monteiro GCC was a Portuguese lawyer, magistrate and judge.
He served as Attorney General of the Republic of Portugal from 2006 to 2012.

Controversies

Suspicions were raised when Monteiro had lunch with former Prime Minister José Sócrates a few days before his arrest on 22 November 2014 on suspicion of tax fraud, money laundering, and corruption.
On 25 March 2015, he was accused over Antena 1 by the President of the Union of Magistrates of the Public Ministry António Ventinhas of impeding investigations of politicians.