Mário Lino

Mário Lino
Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication
In office 12 March 2005 – 26 October 2009
President	Jorge Sampaio Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Prime Minister	José Sócrates
Preceded by	António Mexia
Succeeded by	António Mendonça
Personal details
Born	Mário Lino Soares Correia (1940-05-31) 31 May 1940 (age 81) Lisbon, Portugal
Political party	Socialist Party (1995-present)
Other political affiliations	Portuguese Communist Party (before 1991)
Profession	Civil engineer

Mário Lino Soares Correia (born May 31, 1940 in Lisbon), commonly known as Mário Lino, is a Portuguese civil engineer and former politician. He was the Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication in the 17th Constitutional Government of Portugal. He became famous for saying that the southern waterfront of the Tagus river in Portugal "is a desert". Lino is a former member of the Communist Party.

He is also known for saying that the new Lisbon International Airport would never be constructed in the city of Alcochete, by using the expression "Na margem sul jamais!" ("in the south bank never!"), however later it was decided that the new airport would be built there.

These events led to accusations by the government's opposition that Mario Lino does not know what he is doing while taking decisions that may compromise the country.

He is also a supporter of Iberian Federalism.

After leaving the government, he largely withdrew from public life.

External links[]

• Biography on Portugal.gov.pt

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