Edgar Freitas Gomes da Silva (born 25 September 1962) is a Portuguese politician and former

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. He is known for having been a bitter dissident from the Portuguese Catholic hierarchy. Edgar Silva is a

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in Theology and holds a master's degree in

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from the

Catholic University of Portugal The Catholic University of Portugal ( Portuguese: ''Universidade Católica Portuguesa'', pronounced nivɨɾsiˈðad(ɨ) kɐˈtɔlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ, also referred to as Católica or UCP for short, is a concordat university (non-state-run unive ...

. He has been a militant of the

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since 1997, and also a member of its Central Committee since 10 December 2000. He was a candidate to the

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Works

Among his published books, there can be found works on social and human development issues such as: * ''Os instrangeiros na Madeira''. Funchal: Edgar Silva, 2005. . * ''Madeira, tempo perdido''. Funchal: Edgar Silva, 2007. . * ''Os bichos da Corte do Ogre usam máscaras de riso''. 2010. * Silva, Edgar; Vilarigues, Sofia (2011). ''Pontes de Mudança, sociedades sustentáveis e solidárias''. Funchal: Antagonista. .

References

External links

Biography of Edgar Silva on the Portuguese Communist Party website

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1962 births People from Funchal Living people Catholic University of Portugal alumni Portuguese Roman Catholic priests Portuguese communists Members of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira Liberation theologians Christian communists Laicized Roman Catholic priests Portuguese Communist Party politicians 20th-century Portuguese politicians 21st-century Portuguese politicians {{Portugal-politician-stub