# Bruno Dias

Bruno Ramos Dias (born 19 October 1976) is a Portuguese politician and former member of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. A communist, he has represented Setúbal from April 2002 to March 2005, from April 2007 to October 2019 and from October 2019 to March 2024. He had also been a temporary substitute member of the Assembly from September 2001 to April 2002.

## Early life

Dias was born on 19 October 1976 in Lisbon. He studied at the Escola Secundária de Cacilhas in Almada. He has a degree in communication sciences from NOVA University Lisbon's Faculty of Social and Human Sciences.

## Career

Dias worked for the Portugalmente programme on RTP2 and contributed to the LX Jovem newspaper. He worked for the communications department at Barreiro Municipal Council. He is a local administration technician.
Dias was a member of the executive and political committee of the Portuguese Communist Youth (JCP)'s national directorate from 1994 to 1999. He is a member of the Portuguese Communist Party's central committee, Setúbal regional directorate and Almada municipal commission. He is on the board of the Movement for the Rights of the Palestinian People and for Peace in the Middle East (Movimento pelos Direitos do Povo Palestino e pela Paz no Médio Oriente) and president of the Portugal-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Group (Grupo Parlamentar de Amizade Portugal - Palestina). He has been a member of the municipal council in Almada since 1997.
Dias was appointed temporarily to the Assembly of the Republic in September 2001, substituting for Manuel Duran Clemente. He was re-elected at the 2002 legislative election. At the 2005 legislative election Dias was placed fourth in the Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)'s list of candidates in Setúbal but the alliance only won three seats in the constituency. He was appointed to the Assembly as permanent member in April 2007 following the resignation of Odete Santos. He was temporarily replaced by Eugénio Rosa from October 2008 to December 2008.
Dias was re-elected at the 2009 and 2011 legislative elections. He was temporarily replaced by José Alberto Lourenço from April 2012 to May 2012. He was re-elected at the 2015 legislative election. At the 2019 legislative election Dias was placed fourth in the CDU's list of candidates in Setúbal but the alliance only won three seats in the constituency. However, he was appointed to the Assembly as permanent member in October 2019 following Francisco Lopes's resignation. He was re-elected at the 2022 legislative election. At the 2024 legislative election Dias was placed second in the CDU's list of candidates in Setúbal but the alliance only won a single seat in the constituency.

## Electoral history

Electoral history of Bruno Dias :
| Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | No. | Result |
| 1997 local | Almada Municipal Assembly | Portuguese Communist Party | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 6 | Elected |
| 2001 local | Almada Municipal Assembly | Portuguese Communist Party | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 6 | Elected |
| 2002 legislative | Setúbal | Portuguese Communist Party | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 4 | Elected |
| 2005 legislative | Setúbal | Portuguese Communist Party | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 4 | Not elected |
| 2005 local | Almada Municipal Assembly | Portuguese Communist Party | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 4 | Elected |
| 2009 legislative | Setúbal | Portuguese Communist Party | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 4 | Elected |
| 2009 local | Almada Municipal Assembly | Portuguese Communist Party | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 2 | Elected |
| 2011 legislative | Setúbal | Portuguese Communist Party | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 4 | Elected |
| 2013 local | Almada Municipal Assembly | Portuguese Communist Party | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 2 | Elected |
| 2015 legislative | Setúbal | Portuguese Communist Party | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 4 | Elected |
| 2017 local | Almada Municipal Assembly | Portuguese Communist Party | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 2 | Elected |
| 2019 legislative | Setúbal | Portuguese Communist Party | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 4 | Not elected |
| 2021 local | Almada Municipal Assembly | Portuguese Communist Party | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 1 | Elected |
| 2022 legislative | Setúbal | Portuguese Communist Party | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 2 | Elected |
| 2024 legislative | Setúbal | Portuguese Communist Party | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 2 | Not elected |