Arlindo Marques da Cunha (born November 15, 1950, in Tábua) is a Portuguese economist and politician (PSD), former minister, national parliamentarian, and Member of the European Parliament (from 1994 to 2003).
He later studied agricultural economics and philosophy at the University of Reading.
[1] He served as Secretary of State (1986–1990), and later as Minister of Agriculture (1990–1994) in the governments of Aníbal Cavaco Silva.
He belonged to the Christian democratic group and worked in the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (from 1997 to 1999 as its vice-chairman).
[3] He resigned in 2003, briefly serving as Minister of Environment in the government led by José Manuel Barroso in 2004.