Ravi Pereira appointed consultant to the State Legal Center for two years

The Diário da República published on October 2, 2026, Order no. 11999/2026, which appoints Ravi Fernando Pina Afonso Pereira on secondment as a consultant for the State Legal Center (CEJURE) for a period of two years. The decision is signed by the Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Tiago Meneses Moutinho Macieirinha, and takes effect on October 1, 2026.

The order is issued under the sub-delegation of powers contained in paragraph 2 of Order no. 10321/2025, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, no. 167, of September 1, 2025, and under the terms of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 8 and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 12 of Decree-Law no. 68/2024, of October 8, as currently worded. The curriculum vitae of the appointee is published as an annex to the order itself, dated September 25, 2026.

CEJURE is the service of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers that ensures legal advice and the representation of the State in litigation. The appointment regime for the director and deputy directors is set out in Article 7 of Decree-Law no. 68/2024, as worded by Article 6 of Decree-Law no. 150/2026, of July 28, which refers to the Public Manager Statute, approved by Decree-Law no. 71/2007, of March 27.

Academic and institutional background

• Bachelor’s degree in Law from the Nova University of Lisbon Faculty of Law (2004).
• Visiting researcher at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (2006 and 2007-2009), at Yale Law School (2007), and at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (2006-2007).
• Advisor to the Office of the Judges of the Constitutional Court (2009-2012) and to the Office of the Vice-President of the Constitutional Court (2012-2016).
• Lecturer for the undergraduate degree at the Lisbon School of the Catholic University of Portugal Faculty of Law (2016-2019).
• Assistant to the Office of the Ombudsman (2018-2022).
• Deputy Ombudsman (2022-2026).

Research profile

The appointee conducts research in the areas of Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and European Constitutional Law, having authored scientific articles published in Portugal and abroad. The curriculum vitae annexed to the order summarizes a career that combines academic experience, advisory roles in superior courts, and administrative oversight functions.

Framework in the State’s legal advisory

The entry of Ravi Fernando Pina Afonso Pereira occurs during a period of intense activity for CEJURE in the 2nd series of the Diário da República. On September 29, 2026, the body published a notice with the nominative list of remuneration repositioning for workers in the career of senior technician specialist in transversal coordination of administration and public policies, signed by the deputy director Virgínia Maria Barbosa da Silva, acting on behalf of the director. On September 30, Order no. 11912/2026 was published, authorizing deputy director Raul Relvas Moreira to combine the position with teaching at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

The appointment reinforces the CEJURE consulting team with a jurist who has a background in the Constitutional Court and the Ombudsman’s Office, central areas in the defense of administrative legality. For readers, the order is relevant because it defines, for two years and effective from October 1, who integrates the structure that advises and represents the State in disputes in which it is a party.

Source: Diário da República, 2nd series, no. 192, of October 2, 2026, Presidency of the Council of Ministers (official reference: Order no. 11999/2026).