Senior Portuguese Representative
Colonel António Manuel Pereira Rodrigues Pinheiro is the Senior Portuguese Representative to the Africa Center for Strategic Studies. He joined the ACSS in February 2007.
Col. Pinheiro comes to the Africa Center from the National Defense Institute in Lisbon, where he worked as Faculty Advisor specializing in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this position, he oversaw defense courses for young auditors. Prior to this, Col. Pinheiro worked as Deputy Commander of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment. As a Desk Officer for African Defense Cooperation for the National Defense Policy Directorate, he has acquired a significant experience on African Security, particularly focused on Security Sector Reform in Lusophone African countries and their specific dynamics of sub-regional integration. He also held positions as Operations/Intelligence Officer with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment and Military Assistant to the Portuguese Military Representative to NATO Military Committee at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
Col. Pinheiro is a graduate of the Military Academy in Lisbon, where he studied Social Military Sciences. He also holds a Post-graduate degree in International Relations from the University of Brussels. He has taken courses in Africa Peace Operations, Peace Building, National Security and Defense. He is a fellow of the National Defense Institute in Lisbon.
Col. Pinheiro speaks fluent Portuguese, English, and French.