Luís Marques Mendes
| Luís Marques Mendes | |
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| President of the Social Democratic Party | |
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In office 8 April 2005 – 12 October 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro Santana Lopes |
| Succeeded by | Luís Filipe Menezes |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
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In office 6 April 2002 – 17 July 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | António Costa |
| Succeeded by | Rui Gomes da Silva |
| Assistant Minister | |
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In office 19 March 1992 – 28 October 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Preceded by | António Couto dos Santos |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Coelho |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 November 1957 Guimarães, Portugal |
| 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 (b. Guimarães, São Pedro de 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 Lisbon.
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. Cavaco Silva. He has also been a Deputy to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.[2]
He was elected the Secretary-General 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)
Electoral history
PSD leadership election, 2006
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PSD leadership election, 2007
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