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ID 257068

PortugalPortugalActive member

Hélder SOUSA SILVA

EPPEuropean People's Party
Partido Social Democrata

Tracked since 28/10/2024

Total assistants

6

Currently active

5

Total departed

1

Departed share

16.7%

1 of 6

Also draws on 4 shared assistants (4 currently, 0 former) — pooled staff are employed by a grouping of Members and are excluded from the figures above.

Office over time

6 own staff since we started watching

One bar per person, from the day we first saw them to the day they left — or until today. A faded left edge means they were already in place on 28/10/2024; a faded right edge means they left at an unknown date before 03/03/2026.

Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26Carlos Alberto DE FREITAS…JOÃO CARDOSOMário FRANCO DA SILVASOFIA ISABEL CORREIA DO C…Compasso da Razão, LdaAÇAO 360
Accredited assistantsPaying agentsSpecialised service providersin postdepartedfaded edge = start or end not known to the day
Office timeline
NameCategoryFromTo
Carlos Alberto DE FREITAS CARDOSOAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
JOÃO CARDOSOAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Mário FRANCO DA SILVAAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
SOFIA ISABEL CORREIA DO CARMOAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Compasso da Razão, LdaPaying agentstracked since 28/10/202401/10/2026
AÇAO 360Specialised service providers05/12/2024in post

Departed share comparison

Share of observed own staff who have since left (since 28 Oct 2024).

This Member16.7%
EP average30.2%
Portugal21.0%
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)29.6%

By category

CategoryOwn activeOwn departedOwn totalPool activePool total
Accredited assistants40400
Specialised service providers10100
Paying agents01100
Accredited assistants (grouping)00044

Active assistants · 9

NameCategorySince
JOÃO CARDOSOAccredited assistants28/10/2024
SOFIA ISABEL CORREIA DO CARMOAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Carlos Alberto DE FREITAS CARDOSOAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Mário FRANCO DA SILVAAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Tiago Joao BORBINHA RAMALHOAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024
Nelson Augusto DE SOUSA PINTOAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024
Goncalo VILLAS-BÔASAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024
Teresa Mafalda GONÇALVES JARDIM DE FREITAS ARAÚJOAccredited assistants (grouping)14/12/2024
AÇAO 360Specialised service providers05/12/2024

Office size

Own staff in post per month. Dashed before 03/03/2026: reconstructed from arrivals only. The dashed horizontal line is the median office in the Parliament (5).

Own staff of Hélder SOUSA SILVA per month
MonthCountEstimated
2024-115yes
2024-126yes
2025-016yes
2025-026yes
2025-036yes
2025-046yes
2025-056yes
2025-066yes
2025-076yes
2025-086yes
2025-096yes
2025-106yes
2025-116yes
2025-126yes
2026-016yes
2026-026yes
2026-036no
2026-046no
2026-056no
2026-066no
2026-076no
2026-086no
2026-096no
2026-105no

How long staff stayed

Tenure of staff whose departure is dated. Contracts that ended before 03/03/2026 have no known length and are not shown.

06 mo12 mo18 mo24 moEP median

1 dated departure · office median 24 mo · Parliament median 16 mo

Tenure of departed staff, months
Compasso da Razão, Lda24

Former assistants · 1

NameCategoryFromToDuration
Compasso da Razão, LdaPaying agents28/10/202401/10/20262y

Our record of the register begins 28/10/2024. "Tracked since" marks a person who was already in place on that day — their actual start date is earlier and is not published to us. Read about the data →