Degrees
He is a Portuguese Administrator and an General Officer of Military Engineering of the Portuguese Army with the Course of the Army School and Licentiate in Civil engineering by the Instituto Superior Técnico (Superior Technical Institute) of the Technical University of Lisbon, and has the General and Complementary Course of the General Staff of the Army, the Superior Course of Command and Direction of the Portuguese Armed Forces and the Course of National Defense.
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