After returning to Portugal in 1984, he was appointed Head of the Legal and Administrative Division of the Portuguese Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Lisbon Region.
I ndiaidh dó filleadh ar an bPortaingéil i 1984, rinneadh Ceann de Rannán Dlí agus Riaracháin den Aireacht Ghnóthaí Baile na Portaingéile do Réigiún Liospóin.