Maria Cecília Vicente Duarte Honório (born 1 July 1962) is an academic and politician. She was a member Member of the Assembly of the Republic of

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from 2005 to 2015.

Biography

Cecília Honório was born on 1 July 1962 in

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. She graduated from the

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, with a

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in political science, and works as a history academic teacher and researcher at her aluma matter. Honório belongs to the Left Bloc. From 10 March 2005 to 22 October 2015 she was a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal. In 2013 she unsuccessfully run for office of the mayor of

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