Manuel Fernando da Silva Monteiro (Anissó, Vieira do Minho, 1 April 1962) is a Portuguese jurist, professor and former politician.
He was the winning candidate of the internal elections of March 1992 in the Democratic and Social Centre, moving the party from the traditional centrist base to the right.
Heavy losses in the local elections of 1997, however, led Monteiro to resign.,[2] being succeeded by Paulo Portas,[3] his former friend and protégé.
In June 2003 he founded the New Democracy Party (PND; Partido da Nova Democracia in Portuguese).
This new political force never achieved major electoral successes, and Monteiro left the party leadership in November 2008, resigning from its membership two years later.