Background
Pinto, Luís Vasco Valença was born in Lisbon, Portugal.
Pinto, Luís Vasco Valença was born in Lisbon, Portugal.
Graduate in Civil Engineering, Technology University Lisbon.
Army cadet Portuguese Armed Forces, 1963, engineer platoon leader Angola, 1971—1972, engineer company Commander Angola, 1973—1975, personal advisor to Chief of Army Staff, company Commander to chief instructor to training and education director to deputy commanding officer to commanding officer Engineer School, staff officer Operations Branch Army Staff, faculty member Institute High Military Studies, general, since 2003, chief of staff Army, 2003—2006, military counsellor delegate to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Brussels, 1990—1993, major general, national military representative at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Mons., Belgium, 1997, director National Defense Institute, 2000, lieutenant general, Army logistics Commander, 2001. Representative to main working groups and panels dealing with NBC Defense matters Structures of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Conference National Armaments Directors, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Military Agency Standardization and the EuroNATO Training, 1978—1984. Chief of defense Portugal North Atlantic Treaty Organization, since 2006.
Married Maria de Lourdes. 3 children.