Jorge Seguro Sanches

Jorge Filipe Teixeira Seguro Sanches (born 30 July 1965) is a Portuguese politician who has served as Secretary of State for National Defence from 2019 until 2022 and as Secretary of State for Energy from 2015 until 2018. He was also a member of the Assembly of the Republic from 2005 until 2011 and from 2022 until 2024.

Biography Seguro Sanches was born in Penamacor, in 1965. He studied Law in the Lusíada University of Lisbon, later doing three post-graduations in International Relations, Energy Law and Water Law.

As a member of the Socialist Party (PS), during António Guterres' time as Prime Minister, Seguro Sanches was the chief of staff for several Ministers and Secretaries of State, including his cousin, future President António José Seguro.

He joined the Assembly of the Republic for the first time following the 2005 legislative election as deputy from Castelo Branco, being in office from November 2005 until January 2006 and from September 2006 until June 2011.

He was appointed by António Costa as the Secretary of State for Energy in his first government, being in office until October 2018, and, in his second government he became the Secretary of State for National Defence.