title: Álvaro Amaro
text: # Álvaro Amaro
  
  Álvaro Amaro is a Portuguese politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2023.
  
  Amaro has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 European elections. In parliament, he has since been serving on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the parliament's delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
  
  As of July 2021, Amaro is awaiting trial on charges of malfeasance and fraud in obtaining public funds, his parliamentary immunity having been previously suspended in February. He left the European Parliament in 2023 after being convicted.
  
  