António Serrano

António Manuel Soares Serrano is a Portuguese professor and politician who was Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries in the 18th Constitutional Government of Portugal.

Biography
António Serrano was born in Beja on 16 January 1965.

Serrano is a professor at the University of Évora and holds a doctorate in Business Management. He is chairman of the Board of Directors of the Espírito Santo Hospital in Évora. He was director of the Agri-Food Policy Planning Office of the Ministry of Agriculture, and a member of the Steering Committee of the Alentejo Operational Programme - INALENTEJO, of the Quadro de Referência Estratégico Nacional (QREN).

He was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries in the XVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal in October 2009.

During his term he actively campaigned for wildfire preventive measures.