Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes, GCIH (born 5 September 1957, in Guimarães, Azurém) is a

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lawyer and

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, and a former Leader of the

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Background

He is a son of

António Marques Mendes António Joaquim Bastos Marques Mendes (30 March 1934 – 15 June 2015) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician. Background He was born in Porto, Paranhos, a son of Joaquim Marques Mendes (Fornos de Algodres, Figueiró da Granja, 3 March 1892 &nd ...

and wife Maria Isabel Gonçalves.

Career

He is a Licentiate in

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from the Faculty of Law of the

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. He started his career as a lawyer. As a member of the

he became Secretary of State and

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of the Government of Prof. Aníbal Cavaco Silva. He has also been a Deputy to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic. He was elected the President of his Party in 2005 after

Pedro Santana Lopes Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes GCC (; born 29 June 1956) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, who is the current president of the Municipal Chamber of Figueira da Foz. He most notably served as prime minister of Portugal from 2004 to 2005. ...

and was succeeded in September 2007 by Luís Filipe Menezes. He is also a Member of the

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, 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 (

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and

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), 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.

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, São Miguel de Arcos, 21 April 1955) Berta da Silva Pinto (

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, Penafiel, 23 May 1934 – Guimarães, Creixomil, 13 February 1995), and paternal granddaughter of José Fernandes Salazar ( Guimarães, Vermil, 3 March 1890 –

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, 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 –

, Cedofeita, 31 August 1972). The couple has three children:Ribera, José António Moya, ''Costados'', N.º 126 * João Pedro Pinto Salazar Marques Mendes (b.

Fafe Fafe () is a municipality in the northern Portuguese district of Braga. The population in 2021 was 48,502, in an area of approximately (. The city itself had a population of 14,144 in 2001. The present mayor is Antero Barbosa, elected by the Social ...

, Fafe, 2 January 1986) * Ana Sofia Pinto Salazar Marques Mendes (b.

, Fafe, 10 April 1988)

Honours

PRT Order of Prince Henry - Grand Cross BAR

Grand-Cross of the Order of Prince Henry,

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(6 June 2008)

Electoral history

PSD leadership election, 2006

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Official results

PSD leadership election, 2007

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Official results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mendes, Luis Marques 1957 births Living people Social Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) 20th-century Portuguese lawyers People from Guimarães University of Coimbra alumni