João Pedro Furtado da Cunha Semedo (20 June 1951 – 17 July 2018) was a Portuguese physician and politician.

[1] He moved to Oporto in 1978, where he practiced medicine and developed his political, social and cultural activity.

Participated in the founding of the Union of Doctors of the North and the Popular University of Porto, integrated the direction of FITEI and the artistic cooperative Tree.

Between 2000 and 2006, he was chairman of the Board of Administration of the Joaquim Urbano Hospital, a unit of the National Health Service (SNS) specialized in respiratory and infectious diseases.

In 1973, he was detained by the political police of the Estado Novo dictatorial regime, PIDE/DGS, accused of subversive activities.