Fausto de Sousa Correia (October 29, 1951 – 9 October 2007) was a Portuguese politician, deputy of the

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, and

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(MEP) for the

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; part of the

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Biography

Born and raised in

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, Fausto Correia earned a degree in law from the

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. In his early years, Correia worked as a journalist, including at the newspaper ''República''. He joined the

in 1973. He also became a member of the

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. He also served as chairman of the Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F. (in 1995), the major football club of Coimbra, and Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the state-managed public radio network of Portugal. As a member of the

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headed by Prime-Minister

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, in the early 2000s Correia played a major part in the establishment of the ''Loja do Cidadão'' (The Citizen's Shop), a one-stop-shop intended to improve quality in

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, and aimed to develop a new philosophy of more efficient and modern public service throughout the major cities of Portugal. He was elected as a candidate of the Socialist Party to the

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in the

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s. He continued to live and work in Belgium as a member of the European Parliament for the rest of his life.

Death

He died of a heart attack on 9 October 2007, in

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. Politicians from across the Portuguese political landscape offered their condolences and praised Correira. Portuguese Prime Minister

José Sócrates José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa (born 6 September 1957), commonly known as José Sócrates (), is a Portuguese politician who was the prime minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011. For the second half of 2007, he acted ...

called him "one of the most outstanding leaders of the ocialist Party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Correia, Fausto 1951 births 2007 deaths MEPs for Portugal 2004–2009 Socialist Party (Portugal) MEPs Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) People from Coimbra University of Coimbra alumni