Hon. Leite, a medical doctor by training, is a Member of Parliament since 2011. He was elected as Vice President of the Parliamentary Network in April 2019. He is President of UNITE – Parliamen-tarians Network to End HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Other Infectious Diseases. He is also one of six people acknowledged globally by The Economist as an “Hepatitis C Virus Change Maker.” He is also Head of Public Health at Católica University of Portugal and Former Deputy Mayor of Cascais.