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Luís Marques Mendes


GCIH

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President of the Social Democratic Party

In office
8 April 2005 – 12 October 2007
Preceded by Pedro Santana Lopes
Succeeded by Luís Filipe Menezes
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

In office
6 April 2002 – 17 July 2004
Prime Minister José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by António Costa
Succeeded by Rui Gomes da Silva
Deputy Minister

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
(1957-11-05) 5 November 1957 (age 61)
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, GCIH (b. Guimarães, São Pedro de Azurém, 5 September 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, and a former Leader of the Social Democratic Party.




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Career


  • 3 Family


  • 4 Honours


  • 5 Electoral history


    • 5.1 PSD leadership election, 2006


    • 5.2 PSD leadership election, 2007




  • 6 References





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 Coimbra.


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)



Honours



  • PRT Order of Prince Henry - Grand Cross BAR.png Grand-Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Portugal (6 June 2008)[4]


Electoral history



PSD leadership election, 2006





































e • d 
Ballot: 5 May 2006
Candidate
Votes
%


Luís Marques Mendes

18,525

90.8


Blank Ballots

1,512

7.4


Invalid Ballots

362

1.8

Turnout


20,399


36.76


  • (Source: Official results)


PSD leadership election, 2007





































e • d 
Ballot: 28 September 2007
Candidate
Votes
%


Luís Filipe Menezes


20,701

54.1


Luís Marques Mendes

16,334

42.7


Blank/Invalid Ballots

1,235

3.2

Turnout


38,270


60.71


  • (Source: Official results)


References





  1. ^ Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 126


  2. ^ Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 126


  3. ^ Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 126


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