Tiago Moreira de Sá


Tiago da Mota Veiga Moreira de Sá is a Portuguese politician, from the Chega party. He is a professor at Universidade Nova de Lisboa and researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations. Moreira de Sá was also a member of the Assembly of the Republic during the 15th legislature, elected for the Social Democratic Party.

Academic career

He graduated in Communication Sciences – journalism variant – in 1995 at the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa and received a PhD in History of International Relations at ISCTE in 2008, with the thesis entitled "The United States of America and Portuguese Democracy".
He is an associate professor at Universidade Nova de LisboaFaculty of Social and Human Sciences, where he teaches several subjects related to International relations, and Integrated Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations, having already participated in several research projects such as "Democracy in Times of Crisis: power and Discourse in a three-level game” or “History of Portugal – United States of America Relations: 1776–2015”.

Political career

Moreira de Sá joined the Social Democratic Party during the 1990s. After Rui Rio's victory in the PSD direct elections, he assumed the positions of President of the International Relations Commission and Coordinator of the Foreign Affairs Section of the party's National Strategic Council. Following the elections of 2022, he became an MP, joining his party to the opposition.
After the election of new leader Luís Montenegro he was put in a less electable position at the 2024 legislative elections, and rejected to run. Following this, it was announced in April that he would join the CHEGA list for the 2024 European Parliament Elections, in the 2nd position. Tiago was described by the CHEGA Board as a great reinforcement for the European elections, because of his work in the Assembly of the Republic, as member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Books

  • Donald Trump. O Método no Caos, Lisboa, Dom Quixote, 2018
  • História das Relações Portugal – EUA, Lisboa, Dom Quixote, 2016
  • Política Externa Portuguesa, Lisboa, Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, 2015
  • Carlucci versus Kissinger: The USA and the Portuguese Revolution, Washington D.C and London, Lexington Books, 2011
  • Os Estados Unidos e a Descolonização de Angola, Lisboa, Dom Quixote, 2011
  • À Procura de um Plano Bilateral. A Fundação Luso-Americana e o Desenvolvimento de Portugal, Lisboa, FLAD, 2010
  • Os Estados Unidos da América e a Democracia Portuguesa, Lisboa, Instituto Diplomático, 2009
  • Carlucci vs. Kissinger. Os EUA e a Revolução Portuguesa, Lisboa, Dom Quixote, 2008
  • Os Americanos na Revolução Portuguesa, Lisboa, Editorial Notícias, 2004