Ricardo Baptista Leite

Ricardo Baptista Leite is the founder and president of UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health. He is serving his fourth term as a member of Portugal’s parliament and is vice-president of the Social Democrats Parliamentary Board. A medical doctor trained in infectious diseases, he is also head of public health at Católica University of Portugal, vice-president of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, a city councillor of Sintra, and the former deputy mayor of Cascais.