Maria Inês Branquinho da Costa Neves may take up a role on the Fiscal Council of the Madeira Tourism Club, with effect from 16 November 2026.
The specialist technical adviser to the Office of the President of the Regional Government, law graduate Maria Inês Branquinho da Costa Neves, has been authorised to also hold the post of board member of the Fiscal Council of the Madeira Tourism Club, a public utility association. The authorisation is set out in Dispatch No. 444/2026, published in the Official Gazette on 11 November 2026, and takes effect on 16 November 2026.
The dispatch adds a new number, 1-A, to Dispatch No. 224/2026, of 19 May, published in the Official Gazette, Series II, No. 91, of 21 May. That earlier dispatch already authorised the same adviser to carry out cultural event production and organisation activities and to chair the Associação InFinito - Arte e Comunidade. With the amendment, she is now expressly authorised to perform the duties of board member of the Fiscal Council of the Madeira Tourism Club.
The adviser had been appointed to the Office through Dispatch No. 188/2026, of 23 April, to provide specialised legal advisory support to the Office of the President of the Regional Government.
Specialist technical advisers provide support in their area of expertise and are not subject to an exclusivity regime, under paragraph 2 of Article 6 of Decree-Law No. 11/2012, of 20 January, which applies subsidiarily to the Autonomous Region of Madeira. Even so, the performance of other duties must be expressly authorised in the appointment dispatch. This is the legal basis invoked by the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Filipe Machado de Albuquerque, for the amendment.
The dispatch notes that the adviser is on the list elected on 28 October 2026 to the governing bodies of the Madeira Tourism Club, as a board member of the Fiscal Council. She is due to take office on 16 November 2026, the date from which the authorisation takes effect.
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