Miguel Andresen de Sousa Tavares (born 25 June 1952) is a Portuguese

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and

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. The son of

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Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen and lawyer and

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Francisco Sousa Tavares, Miguel received his education in

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, eventually pursuing careers in journalism and

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writing for which he became known. His literary fiction debut '' Equador'', based on the life of a Portuguese governor of São Tomé e Príncipe, was one of the best-selling books of 2003 in Portugal, with over 220,000 copies sold. He has also published some best-selling books for children. He currently writes a weekly column of political commentary for '' Expresso'' (as he previously did for '' Público''), and contributes to the sports newspaper ''

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''. His passion for

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is well known, and he is a keen

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supporter. He is usually seen as a right winger in politics, advocating for union busting of Comboios de Portugal in an oped.

Personal life

He first married in

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on 7 April 1973 and divorced Mariana Espírito Santo Bustorff Silva (

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, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 9 December 1951 - 1 January 2001), daughter of António Sérgio Carneiro Bustorff Silva and wife Ana Maria da Anunciação de Fátima (de Morais Sarmento) Cohen do Espírito Santo Silva (daughter of Ricardo Espírito Santo and whose maternal grandfather was Sephardi Jewish), and has two children: Pedro Bustorff (Silva) de Sousa Tavares (born 17 April 1975), who by Sofia Barciela Borges has a son Miguel Barciela de Sousa Tavares (born Lisbon, 10 December 2007); and Rita Bustorff (Silva) de Sousa Tavares (born Lisbon, 19 May 1978), wife in 2002 of her cousin Ricardo Espírito Santo Bastos Salgado, son of Ricardo Salgado and wife Maria João Leal Calçada Bastos, by whom she has one son and two daughters. He married secondly and divorced Laurinda Alves Nunes Fernandes (born 1 December 1962), fellow journalist and head of list candidate for the Hope for Portugal Movement to the 2009 European Parliament election in Portugal, daughter of José Nunes Fernandes and wife Helena Maria Alves, by whom he has a son: Martim Alves Andresen de Sousa Tavares (born Lisbon, 1991). He divorced for the third and alone since 2009 Cristina Pinto Basto Avides Moreira, daughter of Miguel de Viveiros Avides Moreira and wife Helena Elisabeth Júlia Ferreira Pinto Basto (Noblemen of

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), without issue. Miguel Sousa Tavares invested in Espírito Santo Group about two million euros in participation units of the ES Liquidez fund, in a total of five bank movements made throughout the year 2013. Sousa Tavares did not know. "I have never, with my knowledge or authorization, been an investor in BES and GES products."

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