Mário Lino

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Mário Lino
Mário Lino

Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication
Incumbent
Assumed office 
March 12, 2005
Prime Minister José Sócrates
Preceded by António Mexia

Born March 31, 1940 (1940-03-31) (age 68)
Nationality Flag of Portugal Portuguese
Political party Socialist
Other political
affiliations
PCP (former)
Saying that southern waterfront of the Tagus river in Portugal "is a desert"

Mário Lino Soares Correia (born May 31, 1940 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese politician. He is 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.

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Preceded by
António Mexia
Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication
2005—present
Succeeded by
Incumbent