Maria José Aguiar (politician)

Maria José Gomes de Aguiar (born 1968) is a Portuguese politician. In the 2024 Portuguese national election she was elected to the Assembly of the Republic as a representative of the right-wing CHEGA party.

Early life and education
Aguiar was born on 20 December 1968. She obtained a degree in visual education and became a schoolteacher.

Political career
Aguiar joined CHEGA and became the president of the CHEGA board for the Aveiro District. In the March 2024 national election she was second on the CHEGA list for the Aveiro constituency and was elected when CHEGA won three of the available 16 seats in the constituency.

According to the website "Cheganos", Aguiar's husband, and fellow CHEGA activist, Pedro Miguel Alves, had been convicted of domestic violence in 2020, for which he received a suspended sentence.