José António Mouraz Lopes

President of the Board of Directors of the National Anti-Corruption Mechanism (MENAC) and Judge of the Court of Auditors (Tribunal de Contas)
President of the Board of Directors of the National Anti-Corruption Mechanism
Biography
  • President of the Board of Directors of the National Anti-Corruption Mechanism (MENAC).
  • Judge of the Court of Auditors (Tribunal de Contas).
  • Former Appeal Court Judge at the Courts of Appeal of Porto and Coimbra, and judge in several district courts across the country since 1987.
  • Master’s degree in Legal and Criminal Sciences and PhD from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra.
  • Former lecturer in Criminal Law at the Centre for Judicial Studies (CEJ) and former Deputy National Director of the Judicial Police (Polícia Judiciária).
  • Author of several published legal works in the fields of criminal procedure, corruption and sexual crime.
  • Former President of the Portuguese Judges’ Association (ASJP).

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Alexandre Freire Pimentel

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Guilherme Andre Pacheco Zattar

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Yiqun Liu

Director
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17 – 20 Nov 2026 · Pavilhão de Portugal

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