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PortugalPortugalActive member

Paulo CUNHA

EPPEuropean People's Party
Partido Social Democrata

Tracked since 28/10/2024

Total assistants

9

Currently active

5

Total departed

4

Departed share

44.4%

4 of 9

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

9 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 26Gonçalo DUARTE RAPOSO CAR…Maria MENDES DE VASCONCEL…NELSON DUARTE FERNANDES B…José Miguel DA COSTA CASE…José Miguel DA COSTA CASE…Diana MENESES FRAGA DIASORGANIZACAO CONTABILISTICAH2COM. UNIPESSOAL LDAAngelo Cipriano DA CUNHA …
Accredited assistantsLocal assistantsPaying agentsSpecialised service providersService providersin postdepartedfaded edge = start or end not known to the day
Office timeline
NameCategoryFromTo
Gonçalo DUARTE RAPOSO CARRIÇOAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024left before Mar 2026
Maria MENDES DE VASCONCELOSAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
NELSON DUARTE FERNANDES BRAGAAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
José Miguel DA COSTA CASEIRO RABAÇA SARAIVAAccredited assistants25/03/202610/06/2026
José Miguel DA COSTA CASEIRO RABAÇA MENDES SARAIVAAccredited assistants10/06/2026in post
Diana MENESES FRAGA DIASLocal assistants08/02/2025in post
ORGANIZACAO CONTABILISTICAPaying agents15/12/2024in post
H2COM. UNIPESSOAL LDASpecialised service providers04/04/202502/07/2026
Angelo Cipriano DA CUNHA FIALHO E PEREIRAService providers09/10/2025left before Mar 2026

Departed share comparison

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

This Member44.4%
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 assistants32500
Service providers01100
Specialised service providers01100
Local assistants10100
Paying agents10100
Accredited assistants (grouping)00044

Active assistants · 9

NameCategorySince
NELSON DUARTE FERNANDES BRAGAAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Maria MENDES DE VASCONCELOSAccredited assistants28/10/2024
José Miguel DA COSTA CASEIRO RABAÇA MENDES SARAIVAAccredited assistants10/06/2026
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
Diana MENESES FRAGA DIASLocal assistants08/02/2025
ORGANIZACAO CONTABILISTICAPaying agents15/12/2024

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 Paulo CUNHA per month
MonthCountEstimated
2024-112yes
2024-123yes
2025-013yes
2025-024yes
2025-034yes
2025-045yes
2025-055yes
2025-065yes
2025-075yes
2025-085yes
2025-095yes
2025-105yes
2025-115yes
2025-125yes
2026-015yes
2026-025yes
2026-036no
2026-046no
2026-056no
2026-066no
2026-075no
2026-085no
2026-095no
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

2 dated departures · office median 9 mo · Parliament median 16 mo

Tenure of departed staff, months
José Miguel DA COSTA CASEIRO RABAÇA SARAIVA3
H2COM. UNIPESSOAL LDA15

Former assistants · 4

NameCategoryFromToDuration
H2COM. UNIPESSOAL LDASpecialised service providers04/04/202502/07/20261y 3m
José Miguel DA COSTA CASEIRO RABAÇA SARAIVAAccredited assistants25/03/202610/06/20263m
Gonçalo DUARTE RAPOSO CARRIÇOAccredited assistants28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—
Angelo Cipriano DA CUNHA FIALHO E PEREIRAService providers09/10/2025left before Mar 2026—

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 →