João Pedro Matos Fernandes (Águeda, 1967) is the Minister of the Environment of the XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal (since late 2015). 

He graduated in Civil Engineering in Faculdade de Engenharia of Universidade do Porto, in 1991, and concluded his Master in Transport, in Instituto Superior Técnico, in Lisbon (1995).  

He was Professor in Instituto Superior Técnico (Infrastructures) and in Instituto Superior de Transportes (Energy and Environmental Consequences of Transport) and lectured in several Masters in Universidade do Porto, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa and Napoles University. 

His professional course in the public and private sector is centred on transportation, logistics and infrastructures, namely occupying public positions in Regional Coordination Commissions (Northern Region), Port Authorities (board member & chairman for Douro & Leixões, Viana do Castelo ports and president for the Port Authorities’ Association).  

Between 2012 and 2013 he was advisor of the board in the company Terminals of North and Ports of North (Manica group), and was manager of Nacala Port, in Mozambique. 

He was advisor to the Secretary of State of Natural Resources between 1995 and 1997, and he was Head of Office of the Secretary of State Assistant to the Minister of Environment between 1997 and 1999. 

Before becoming the Ministry of the Environment, he served as President of the board of Águas do Porto (Municipal Water Utilities Infrastructure Management).