• 1990 : Law degree Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique – Oporto Global University

• 1994- ... : Lawyer and legal adviser

Offices held in a political party or national trade union

• 2009- ... : Vice-President, Democratic and Social Centre – People’s Party (CDS-PP)
• 2001- ... : President of the Municipal Assembly, Vila Nova de Famalicão
• 2000-2011 : Chair, Braga District Political Committee, CDS-PP
• 01/2018- ... : Chair, Braga District Political Committee, CDS-PP
• 1993-2000 : Chair, Vila Nova de Famalicão Municipal Political Committee, CDS-PP
• 1996- ... : Member of the Municipal Assembly, Vila Nova de Famalicão

Offices held in local government bodies

• 2002- ... : President of the Municipal Assembly, Vila Nova de Famalicão

Offices held in a national parliament

• 1999-2009 : Member of the Assembly of the Republic during its eighth, ninth, and tenth legislative terms, representing the Braga constituency
• 22/07/2004-12/10/2006 : Chair, CDS-PP Parliamentary Group
• 2005-2009 : Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic during its tenth legislative term; - CDS-PP coordinator for the following committees: Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees; Committee on Ethics; Committee on Parity, Equality and Family Opportunities; Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into the management of the TAP airline; Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into government and administrative action in the Road Safety Foundation case; Seventh Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into the Camarate air crash; Committee of Inquiry into the background to the nationalisation of the BPN bank and banking supervision

Offices held in the EU institutions

• 2009- ... : MEP – Head of the CDS-PP delegation in the European Parliament. Having been elected to the European Parliament, has, since 2009, held the following offices: member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development; substitute member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs; substitute member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety; member of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion; member of the Special Committee on Terrorism; member of the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly; member of the Delegation for relations with Mercosur; member of the Delegation for relations with the People’s Republic of China.

• Commendation, 3rd Cavalry Regiment