José Pacheco Pereira

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José Álvaro Machado Pacheco Pereira, GCL (born 6 January, 1949) is a Portuguese historian, professor and political analyst.

He was born in Porto and graduated in Philosophy from the University of Porto.

He was a militant of a far-left party, before the 25 April 1974 revolution. He left the far-left in 1975. He later became a member of the Portuguese Social Democratic Party, and was a member of the Portuguese Parliament for three mandates and Vice-President of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004.

He is a permanent collaborator and commentator of the Portuguese written press (newspaper "Público" and magazine "Sábado") and television (Sic Notícias). He is also a professor at Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE).

He is the author of the blog Abrupto, one of the most famous in Portugal, Estudos sobre o Comunismo and Álvaro Cunhal - Uma Biografia Política.