Carlos Montez Melancia (21 August 1927 – 23 October 2022) was a Portuguese politician. He was the

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from 9 July 1987 to 23 April 1992.

Biography

Melancia was born in

Alpiarça Alpiarça () is a municipality in Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,702, in an area of 95.36 km2. The present Mayor is Mário Fernando Pereira and the President of the Municipal Assembly is Mario Santiago. The munic ...

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, Portugal in 1927. In 1990, his alleged corruption affairs were published in the

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. He was subsequently indicted for suspected

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taking by the Prosecutor General of the Republic, thus causing him to resign as

in that year. Melancia was later acquitted and found innocent of all charges by the Portuguese Supreme Court in 1994. He also served as Minister of Industry and Technology (1978), Minister of the Sea (1983–1985) and Minister of the Social Equipment (1985). Melancia was the godson of José Relvas, a key figure of the

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and prominent politician in the First Portuguese Republic. Carlos Melancia died on 23 October 2022, at the age of 95.

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1927 births 2022 deaths Governors of Macau Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) People from Alpiarça {{Macau-bio-stub

Biography

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