Luís Marques Mendes
Luís Marques Mendes | |
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President of the Social Democratic Party | |
In office 8 April 2005 – 12 October 2007 | |
Preceded by | Pedro Santana Lopes |
Succeeded by | Luís Filipe Menezes |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 8 April 2005 – 12 October 2007 | |
Prime Minister | José Sócrates |
Preceded by | Pedro Santana Lopes |
Succeeded by | Luís Filipe Menezes |
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
In office 6 April 2002 – 17 July 2004 | |
Prime Minister | José Manuel Barroso |
Preceded by | António Costa |
Succeeded by | Rui Gomes da Silva |
Deputy Prime Minister | |
In office 19 March 1992 – 28 October 1995 | |
Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
Preceded by | António Couto dos Santos |
Succeeded by | Jorge Coelho |
Secretary of State of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers | |
In office 17 August 1987 – 19 March 1992 | |
Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
Preceded by | Pedro Santana Lopes |
Succeeded by | Paulo Teixeira Pinto |
Under-Secretary of State to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
In office 8 November 1985 – 17 August 1987 | |
Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
Preceded by | António Vitorino |
Succeeded by | Carlos Encarnação |
Personal details | |
Born | Guimarães, Portugal | 5 November 1957
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Spouse(s) | Rosa Sofia Salazar |
Children | José Pedro Ana Sofia João Miguel |
Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
Profession | Lawyer |
Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes, GCIH (b. Guimarães, Azurém, 5 September 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, and a former Leader of the Social Democratic Party.
Background[]
He is a son of António Marques Mendes and wife Maria Isabel Gonçalves.[1]
Career[]
He is a Licentiate in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra.
He started his career as a lawyer.
As a member of the Social Democratic Party he became Secretary of State and Spokesman of the Government of Prof. Aníbal Cavaco Silva. He has also been a Deputy to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.[2]
He was elected the President of his Party in 2005 after Pedro Santana Lopes and was succeeded in September 2007 by Luís Filipe Menezes.
He is also a Member of the Portuguese Council of State, elected by the Assembly of the Republic.
Family[]
He married in Guimarães, Vermil, on 24 April 1982, to Rosa Sofia Pinto Martins Salazar, born in Guimarães, Vermil, on 8 May 1957, a Licentiate in Modern Literatures and Languages (English and German), daughter of António Martins Fernandes Salazar (b. Guimarães, Vermil, Calçada, 19 May 1931), an Industrialist, one of the pioneers of the Ave, Subregion industrialization, and wife (m. Vila do Conde, São Miguel de Arcos, 21 April 1955) Berta da Silva Pinto (Penafiel, Penafiel, 23 May 1934 – Guimarães, Creixomil, 13 February 1995), and paternal granddaughter of José Fernandes Salazar (Guimarães, Vermil, 3 March 1890 – Porto, Miragaia, 1 December 1975), an Industrialist, one of the pioneers of the Ave, Subregion industrialization, and wife (m. Guimarães, Ronfe, 19 February 1925) Rosa Correia da Silva Martins (Guimarães, Ronfe, 2 January 1897 – Porto, Cedofeita, 31 August 1972). The couple has three children:[3]
- João Pedro Pinto Salazar Marques Mendes (b. Fafe, Fafe, 2 January 1986)
- Ana Sofia Pinto Salazar Marques Mendes (b. Fafe, Fafe, 10 April 1988)
Honours[]
Grand-Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Portugal (6 June 2008)[4]
Electoral history[]
PSD leadership election, 2006[]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Luís Marques Mendes | 18,525 | 90.8 | |
Blank Ballots | 1,512 | 7.4 | |
Invalid Ballots | 362 | 1.8 | |
Turnout | 20,399 | 36.76 |
- (Source: Official results)
PSD leadership election, 2007[]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Luís Filipe Menezes | 20,701 | 54.1 | |
Luís Marques Mendes | 16,334 | 42.7 | |
Blank/Invalid Ballots | 1,235 | 3.2 | |
Turnout | 38,270 | 60.71 |
- (Source: Official results)
References[]
- ^ Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 126
- ^ Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 126
- ^ Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 126
- ^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Social Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians
- Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
- Portuguese lawyers
- People from Guimarães
- University of Coimbra alumni