Ricardo Morgado

Ricardo Jorge Morgado da Costa is a Portuguese politician who serves as a Member of the European Parliament since 2024. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party; part of the EPP Group. He also serves as President of the Municipal Assembly of Lamego since [2021 Portugal|Portuguese local elections|2021].
He succeeded Cláudia Aguiar as a member of the European Parliament when she resigned to be Secretary of State for Fisheries. Morgado is a legal director, professor at the European University of Lisbon, and co-author of some books, such as the first Portuguese dictionary of higher education.