Adriano José Alves Moreira, ComC GCC GOIH

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(6 September 1922 – 23 October 2022) was a Portuguese lawyer, professor and a leading political figure in Portugal throughout the second half of the 20th century.

Education

Adriano Moreira was born in Macedo de Cavaleiros, Northern Portugal, son of António José Moreira and wife Leopoldina do Céu Alves, and graduated in

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from the Faculty of Law of the

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in 1944. Later he would be awarded a

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from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Moreira started as a sympathizer of the Portuguese Democratic Opposition movement; his name appeared on a list of signantes of the MUD in 1945. He was the lawyer of the family of General José Marques Godinho, who had been arrested (and who later died in prison) because of his attempt to overthrow the Salazar regime in 1947. The family of the general sued the minister at the time, Fernando Santos Costa, for his alleged responsibility in the death; several members of the family were themselves arrested, as, briefly, was Moreira himself. With time, Moreira became closer to the ''Estado Novo''. He was chosen to be the Portuguese minister for Overseas Territories in Salazar's cabinet. Noted for the legislative reforms that he introduced during his two years (1961–1963) in this role, he also played a vital part in founding two African institutions of higher education: the '' Estudos Gerais Universitários de Moçambique'' and the '' Estudos Gerais Universitários de Angola''. From the 1974

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until 1976 Moreira lived in

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. Nevertheless, Moreira's influence over the CDS – People's Party, the conservative party of which he was president from 1986 to 1988 and which he represented as a deputy in the Portuguese Parliament between 1980 and 1995, was to be long-lasting. It enabled him to occupy an important place in the development of post-1974 politics. He was Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic between 1991 and 1995. Meanwhile, he served as a professor at the ''Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas'' of the ''Universidade Técnica de Lisboa'' ( Technical University of Lisbon). His published works include ''A Europa em Formação'' (Lisbon, 1974), ''Ciência Política'' (Lisbon, 1979), and ''Teoria das Relações Internacionais'' (Coimbra, 1996). Moreira married Isabel Mónica Maia de Lima Mayer (born at Mercês,

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, on 2 August 1945) on 30 August 1968 at São Martinho, Sintra. Her paternal grandfather had distant

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and Sephardic Jewish ancestry and her paternal grandmother was Irish. The couple had six children. His daughter, Isabel Moreira, is a Deputy in the Assembly of the Republic, representing the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS). Following his retirement, Moreira was still an influential voice in the country. He was one of the five personalities elected by the Assembly of the Republic to the

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on 18 December 2015, and he took office on 12 January 2016, his term having ended after the following election, in 2019. Moreira turned 100 on 6 September 2022, and died on 23 October. He was the longest lived politician in the history of Portuguese democracy.

Electoral history

CDS leadership election, 1986

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Legislative election, 1987

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, , 2,850,784 , , 50.2 , , 148 , , style="color:green;", +60 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PS , align=left , Vítor Constâncio , , 1,262,506 , , 22.2 , , 60 , , style="color:green;", +3 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , Álvaro Cunhal , , 689,137 , , 12.1 , , 31 , , style="color:red;", –7 , - , style="background:green;", , align="left", PRD , align=left , António Ramalho Eanes , , 278,561 , , 4.9 , , 7 , , style="color:red;", –38 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDS , align=left , Adriano Moreira , , 251,987 , , 4.4 , , 4 , , style="color:red;", –18 , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 219,715 , , 3.9 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 123,668 , , 2.2 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 5,676,358 , , 71.57 , , 250 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Affiliations, awards, decorations

Affiliations

*Member of the ''Academia Brasileira de Letras'', '' Academia das Ciências de Lisboa'', ''Academia de Marinha'', ''Academia de Ciencias Morales y Politicas de Madrid'' and ''Academia Portuguesa da História''.

Awards

* Doctor Honoris Causa by the Aberta University, University of Beira Interior, and University of Aveiro in Portugal; and by the Universities of Manaus, Brasília, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.

Decorations

Commander of the Order of Christ,

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(5 September 1957) * PRT Order of Prince Henry - Grand Officer BAR

Grand-Officer of the

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(3 January 1951) * PRT Order of Christ - Grand Cross BAR

Grand-Cross of the Order of Christ,

(19 December 1962) * Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite,

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(6 February 1992) * PRT Order of Saint James of the Sword - Grand Cross BAR

Grand-Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword,

(10 June 1992)

References

External links

Adriano Moreira at geneall.netMinistros at geneall.netAdriano Moreira at BiografiaACADEMIA DAS CIÊNCIAS DE LISBOAbnportugal.gov.pt
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