Edgar Silva

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Freitas and the second or paternal family name is Gomes da Silva.
Edgar Silva
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Edgar Silva in 2016
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira
Assumed office
8 November 1996
Personal details
Born
Edgar Freitas Gomes da Silva

(1962-09-25) 25 September 1962 (age 58)
Funchal, São Martinho,
Madeira, Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
Political partyPortuguese Communist Party (1997–)
Alma materCatholic University of Portugal
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionAuthor, teacher
Websitewww.edgarsilva2016.pt

Edgar Freitas Gomes da Silva (born 25 September 1962, in Funchal, São Martinho) is a Portuguese politician and former Catholic priest. He is known for having been a bitter dissident from the Portuguese Catholic hierarchy.

Edgar Silva is a licenciate in Theology and holds a master's degree in Systematic Theology from the Catholic University of Portugal. He has been a militant of the Portuguese Communist Party since 1997, and also a member of its Central Committee since 10 December 2000.[1][2]

He was a candidate to the 2016 presidential election.[1][2]

Works[]

Among his published books, there can be found works on social and human development issues such as:

  • Os instrangeiros na Madeira. Funchal: Edgar Silva, 2005. ISBN 972-8246-85-4.
  • Madeira, tempo perdido. Funchal: Edgar Silva, 2007. ISBN 978-972-8246-98-3.
  • Os bichos da Corte do Ogre usam máscaras de riso. 2010.
  • Silva, Edgar; Vilarigues, Sofia (2011). Pontes de Mudança, sociedades sustentáveis e solidárias. Funchal: Antagonista. ISBN 978-989-83-3611-8.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Rosa Pedroso Lima; Manuela Goucha Soares; Mafalda Ganhão (8 October 2015). "Edgar Silva é o candidato do PCP à Presidência da República" (Online). expresso.pt (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Expresso. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Marta Caires (8 October 2015). ""Na Madeira falta inaugurar as pessoas." O perfil do antigo padre que o PCP quer ter em Belém" (Online). expresso.pt (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Expresso. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

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