Paulo Cafôfo
Paulo Alexandre Nascimento Cafôfo is a Portuguese teacher and politician who has been active in the politics of Madeira and has been the president of the Socialist Party of Madeira from 2020 to 2021, and since 2023. In 2013, he led a coalition to defeat the Social Democratic Party for the first time in almost forty years. He was President of the Municipal Chamber of Funchal from 2013 to 2019, and served in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira from 2019 to 2021.
Early life and education
Paulo Alexandre Nascimento Cafofo was born in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, on 18 May 1971. He was educated at the Convent of Santa Clara. He graduated from the University of Coimbra with a history degree in 1995. He worked as a history teacher at multiple schools in Madeira and was the head of the Madeira Teachers' Union.Career
In the 2013 election Cafôfo led a coalition of parties to defeat the Social Democratic Party for the first time in almost forty years. In the 2017 election he formed the Confiança coalition with the Socialist Party, Left Bloc, Together for the People, Democratic Republican Party, and the We, the Citizens! parties. From 2013 to 2019, he was President of the Municipal Chamber of Funchal. In 2019, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Madeira.On 25 July 2020, Cafôfo was elected president of the PS in Madeira. He resigned from the assembly and as president of the PS after the party's poor results in the 2021 elections. On 2 December 2023, he was elected president of the PS with no opposition.
Personal life
Cafôfo is the father of two children.Electoral history
Funchal City Council election, 2013
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Funchal City Council election, 2017
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Madeiran regional election, 2019
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Madeiran regional election, 2024
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Madeiran regional election, 2025
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