António Lacerda Sales
# António Lacerda Sales

António Lacerda Sales (born 3 June 1962) is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party who served as the Secretary of State of Health between 2019 and 2022.

## Political career

Lacerda Sales became a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic after being elected in the 2015 legislative election. He was reelected in 2019 and after the election he was appointed Secretary of State of Health by Prime Minister António Costa.

In the 2021 local elections, he became President of the Municipal Assembly of Leiria after winning an absolute majority of seats.

In 2022, he was chosen to be the head candidate for the Socialist Party in Leiria, district in which he had been elected in the two previous elections. For the first time in history, the Socialist Party won Leiria, a district that had been won by the PSD since 1975.

After the election, he kept his job as Secretary of State until 13 September 2022, when he resigned after Marta Temido left her position as Minister of Health.

In 2023, he was chosen to be the President of the Inquiry Commission to the Administration of TAP.

