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Luís Marques Mendes

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Luís Marques Mendes
Marques Mendes in 2005
Member of the Council of State
Assumed office
7 April 2016
PresidentMarcelo Rebelo de Sousa
In office
20 June 2011 – 22 October 2015
PresidentAníbal Cavaco Silva
President of the Social Democratic Party
In office
8 April 2005 – 12 October 2007
Secretary-GeneralMiguel Macedo
Preceded byPedro Santana Lopes
Succeeded byLuís Filipe Menezes
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office
6 April 2002 – 17 July 2004
Prime MinisterJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byAntónio Costa
Succeeded byRui Gomes da Silva
Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister
In office
19 March 1992 – 28 October 1995
Prime MinisterAníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded byAntónio Couto dos Santos
Succeeded byJorge Coelho
Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
In office
17 August 1987 – 19 March 1992
Prime MinisterAníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded byPedro Santana Lopes
Succeeded byPaulo Teixeira Pinto
Under Secretary of State to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office
8 November 1985 – 17 August 1987
Prime MinisterAníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded byAntónio Vitorino
Succeeded byCarlos Encarnação
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
31 October 1995 – 18 October 2007
ConstituencyBraga (1995–1999)
Aveiro (1999–2007)
Deputy Mayor of Fafe
In office
12 December 1976 – 8 November 1985
Personal details
Born
Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes

(1957-09-05) 5 September 1957 (age 67)
Guimarães, Portugal
Political partySocial Democratic Party (since 1974)
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse
Rosa Sofia Salazar
(m. 1982)
Children3
Parent(s)António Marques Mendes (father)
Maria Isabel Gonçalves (mother)
RelativesClara Marques Mendes (sister)
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra
OccupationLawyerPoliticianPolitical commentator
AwardsOrder of Prince Henry

Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes, GCIH (born 5 September 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, and a former Leader of the Social Democratic Party.

Background

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He is a son of António Marques Mendes and wife Maria Isabel Gonçalves.[1]

Career

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He is a Licentiate in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra.

He started his career as a lawyer.

As a member of the Social Democratic Party he became Secretary of State and Spokesman of the Government of Prof. Aníbal Cavaco Silva. He has also been a Deputy to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.[2]

He was elected the President of his Party in 2005 after Pedro Santana Lopes and was succeeded in September 2007 by Luís Filipe Menezes.

He is also a Member of the Portuguese Council of State, elected by the Assembly of the Republic.

Family

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He married in Guimarães, Vermil, on 24 April 1982, to Rosa Sofia Pinto Martins Salazar, born in Guimarães, Vermil, on 8 May 1957, a Licentiate in Modern Literatures and Languages (English and German), daughter of António Martins Fernandes Salazar (b. Guimarães, Vermil, Calçada, 19 May 1931), an Industrialist, one of the pioneers of the Ave, Subregion industrialization, and wife (m. Vila do Conde, São Miguel de Arcos, 21 April 1955) Berta da Silva Pinto (Penafiel, Penafiel, 23 May 1934 – Guimarães, Creixomil, 13 February 1995), and paternal granddaughter of José Fernandes Salazar (Guimarães, Vermil, 3 March 1890 – Porto, Miragaia, 1 December 1975), an Industrialist, one of the pioneers of the Ave, Subregion industrialization, and wife (m. Guimarães, Ronfe, 19 February 1925) Rosa Correia da Silva Martins (Guimarães, Ronfe, 2 January 1897 – Porto, Cedofeita, 31 August 1972). The couple has three children:[3]

  • João Pedro Pinto Salazar Marques Mendes
  • Ana Sofia Pinto Salazar Marques Mendes
  • João Miguel Pinto Salazar Marques Mendes

Honours

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Electoral history

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PSD leadership election, 2005

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Ballot: 9 April 2005
Candidate Votes %
Luís Marques Mendes 497 56.6
Luís Filipe Menezes 381 43.4
Turnout 878
Source: PSD Congress[5]

PSD leadership election, 2006

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Ballot: 5 May 2006
Candidate Votes %
Luís Marques Mendes 18,832 90.9
Blank/Invalid ballots 1,881 9.1
Turnout 20,713 37.33
Source: Diretas 2006[6]

PSD leadership election, 2007

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Ballot: 28 September 2007
Candidate Votes %
Luís Filipe Menezes 21,101 53.6
Luís Marques Mendes 16,973 43.1
Blank/Invalid ballots 1,279 3.3
Turnout 39,353 62.42
Source: Diretas 2007[7]

References

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  1. ^ Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 126
  2. ^ Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 126
  3. ^ Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 126
  4. ^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  5. ^ Luís Marques Mendes é o novo líder do PSD, RTP, 11 April 2005, retrieved 9 August 2024.
  6. ^ Congressos e Eleições Diretas PPD/PSD, Social Democratic Party, retrieved 9 August 2024
  7. ^ Congressos e Eleições Diretas PPD/PSD, Social Democratic Party, retrieved 9 August 2024