António Manuel Moreira Tânger Corrêa (born 24 April 1952) is a politician, former diplomat and sailor from Portugal. He is the first Vice President of the Portuguese political party Chega, led by André Ventura.
Tânger Corrêa was elected a Member of the European Parliament in the 2024 European election, and he took office in the Tenth European Parliament on 16 July 2024.
In 1974, after the revolution of 25 April, he was Secretary General of the Centrist Youth (CDS-PP) and in 1980, he was for a year Deputy to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, in the government of the Democratic Alliance (AD) by Francisco Sá Carneiro.
António Tânger Corrêa is the current Vice President of the Portuguese political party Chega, by appointment of the party leader André Ventura.
Tânger Corrêa was the Chega main candidate to the 2024 European elections, being elected as a Member of the European Parliament.
He was a diplomat for over four decades (1981âÂÂ2018), he was consul general of Portugal in Goa and Rio de Janeiro, ambassador of Portugal to Bosnia, Serbia, Israel, Egypt, Qatar, Lithuania, and second secretary of the Portuguese embassy in Beijing.
As Portuguese diplomat he was involved in at least two scandals that cost taxpayers thousands of euros. António Tânger Corrêa was suspended in 2009 for 90 days due to various irregularities found in the management of the Portuguese embassy in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.
Tânger Corrêa was also a sailor. He represented Portugal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain as helmsman in the Soling. With crew members Ricardo Batista and Luis Miguel Santos where the team reached 21st place.
|- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Candidate ! Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|% ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/â |- | style="background:;"| | align="left"|PS | align=left |Marta Temido || 1,268,915 || 32.1 || 8 || style="color:red;"| âÂÂ1 |- | style="background:;"| | align="left"|AD | align=left |Sebastião Bugalho || 1,229,895 || 31.1 || 7 || ñ0 |- | style="background:#202056;"| | align="left"| Chega | align=left |António Tânger Corrêa || 387,068 || 9.8 || 2 || style="color:green;"| +2 |- | style="background:;"| | align="left"| IL | align=left |João Cotrim de Figueiredo || 358,811 || 9.1 || 2 || style="color:green;"| +2 |- | style="background:;"| | align="left"| BE | align=left |Catarina Martins || 168,107 || 4.3 || 1 || style="color:red;"| âÂÂ1 |- | style="background:;"| | align="left"| CDU | align=left |João Oliveira || 162,630 || 4.1 || 1 || style="color:red;"| âÂÂ1 |- | style="background:;"| | align="left"| Livre | align=left |Francisco Paupério || 148,572 || 3.8 || 0 || ñ0 |- | style="background:#1D4E89;"| | align="left"| ADN | align=left |Joana Amaral Dias || 54,120 || 1.4 || 0 || ñ0 |- | style="background:teal;"| | align="left"| PAN | align=left |Pedro Fidalgo Marques || 48,006 || 1.2 || 0 || style="color:red;"| âÂÂ1 |- | style="background:white;"| | colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties | 48,647 || 1.2 || 0 || ñ0 |- | colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots | 77,208 || 2.0 || â || â |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout | 3,951,979 || 36.63 || 21 || ñ0 |- | colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições