A er returning to Portugal in 1984, he was appointed Head of the Legal and Administrative Division of the Portuguese Ministry of Internal A� airs for the Lisbon Region.
Tar éis dó teacht ar ais go dtí an Phortaingéil i 1984, ceapadh mar Cheann é ar Rannóg Dlí agus Riaracháin Aireachta Gnóthaí Inmheánacha na Portaingéile le haghaidh Réigiún Liospóin.