Alberto Martins, GCL (born 25 April 1945), is a Portuguese

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and

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. He was a Deputy to the Assembly of the Republic in the V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XI Legislatures, President of the Parliamentary Committee for Constitutional Affairs, Rights and Liberties between 1995 and 1999, President of the Portuguese Delegation to the

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and the WEU and Vice-President of their Members of Parliament (VIII Legislature) and President of the Parliamentary Group of the Socialist Party. He quit the Assembly of the Republic in 2017. He was made

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of the

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in 1999.

Published works

*"New Citizen's Rights' (Don Quixote, 1994) *'Right to Citizenship ", (Don, 2000 - Lisbon) *Source Assembly of the Republic

Government posts

*From 25 October 1999 to 6 April 2002 Minister for State Reform and Public Administration of the XIV Constitutional Government *Minister of Justice of the XVIII Constitutional Government

References

CV on Portugal Government Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martins, Alberto 1945 births Living people Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) 20th-century Portuguese lawyers People from Guimarães