João Cravinho

João Cardona Gomes Cravinho GCC (born 1936) is a Portuguese politician.

In the 1970s, he was a co-founder of Movimento de Esquerda Socialista (MES).

[2] In 2004, after the eruption of several corruption scandals involving people and institutions ranging from mayors like Fátima Felgueiras to football clubs (Apito Dourado), former Minister João Cravinho noted: The political system has shown little efficiency in fighting corruption, tax evasion, and fraud.

In 2006, as a socialist deputy João Cravinho was preparing a new set of proposals in order to improve the legal framework of corruption crimes, which included the investigation of someone, when that person's assets doesn't match with his/her declaration of income.

Shortly after, Cravinho resigned from the parliament and went to England where he had been appointed administrator of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development by the Portuguese Government headed by socialist José Sócrates.