João Gomes Cravinho
João Titterington Gomes Cravinho is a Portuguese diplomat and politician who has been serving as Minister of National Defence in the government of Prime Minister António Costa since 2018.Career
During his time in the European External Action Service, Cravinho served as Head of the European Union's delegation to Brazil from 2015 until 2018 and India from 2011 until 2015. Prior to that, he occupied the post of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in José Sócrates's government.
Under Cravinho's leadership as Minister of National Defence, Portugal purchased five KC-390 military transport aircraft and a flight simulator from Brazilian aerospace company Embraer for 827 million euros in 2019.Other activities
