Carlos Mota Pinto
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| Prime Minister of Portugal | |
| Order: | 109th (55th of the Republic, 7th since the Carnation Revolution) |
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| Term of Office | 22 November 1978 - 1 August 1979 |
| Predecessor: | Alfredo Nobre da Costa |
| Successor: | Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo |
| Date of Birth | 25 July 1936 |
| Place of Birth: | Pombal |
| Date of Death | 7 May 1985 |
| Place of Death: | Coimbra |
| Wife: | Maria Fernanda Cardoso Correia |
| Occupation: | Professor of law |
| Political Party: | Social Democratic |
Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto, GCC, GCIP, pron. IPA: ['kaɾluʃ aɫ'bɛɾtu dɐ 'mɔtɐ 'pĩtu], (Pombal, 25 July 1936–Coimbra, 7 May 1985) was a Portuguese professor and politician. We was graduated in Law and doctor of Judicial Sciences by the University of Coimbra. He was also a professor at the Portuguese Catholic University and several foreign universities. Still today, his doctrine is very influential in the Portuguese legal community, mainly in what comes to Civil Law.
After the Carnation Revolution, in April 25, 1974, he helped in the foundation, jointly with Francisco Sá Carneiro, Francisco Pinto Balsemão and Mota Amaral, of the Democratic Popular Party (PPD, today PSD). He was elected deputy to the Constituent Assembly and to the Assembly of the Republic (the name of the Assembly has its origins in a Mota Pinto's proposal) for PPD. Having distanced himself from Sá Carneiro they would reconcile (at the time of Sá Carneiro death, they were both supporting the same presidential candidate, Soares Carneiro). He would again return to the party to serve as Vice-President in 1983 and President in 1984 and 1985.
He was also Minister for Commerce and Tourism in the 1st Constitutional Government (1976-1977), Prime Minister of the 4th Constitutional Government between 1978 and 1979 when he was appointed by then President António Ramalho Eanes, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Defense of the 9th Constitutional Government (the Central-Bloc) from 1983 to 1985.
He married Maria Fernanda Cardoso Correia and had three sons:
- Paulo Cardoso Correia da Mota Pinto, born in 1966, married to Isabel Perelló
- Nuno Cardoso Correia da Mota Pinto, born in 1970, unmarried and without issue
- Alexandre Cardoso Correia da Mota Pinto, born in 1971, a lawyer, married to Joana Ferraz
He died suddenly during 1985, in Coimbra, days before the Congress that gave the Presidency of the party to Aníbal Cavaco Silva.
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