Alfredo Dinis
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Alfredo Dinis, often known by its nom de guerre, "Alex", was a notable Portuguese anti-fascist, member of the Portuguese Communist Party
. "Alex" was murdered in 1945 by the PIDE (Policia Internacional de Defesa do Estado).
"Alex" was a metallurgical worker and joined the Communist Youth in 1936, aging 19. In August 1938 he was arrested by the PIDE
. After spending 19 months in jail, he became the responsible for the Party's local committee in Almada
, a suburb of Lisbon
. In 1942 he was one of the major stimulator of the vast wave of strikes and demonstrations that swept the region of Lisbon, which were brutally repressed, due to its will to instate a Soviet like Communist Regime in Portugal.
In 1943, "Alex" was present in the Party's 3rd Congress and was elected to the Central Committee
. In 1944, he was again involved in the wave of strikes carried out in May. In 1945, short before being murdered, was elected to the Party's Political Bureau.
Alfredo Dinis was murdered by the political police near Sintra
, on July 4 of 1945.
Portuguese Communist Party
The Portuguese Communist Party is a major left-wing political party in Portugal. It is a Marxist-Leninist party, and its organization is based upon democratic centralism. The party also considers itself to be patriotic and internationalist....
. "Alex" was murdered in 1945 by the PIDE (Policia Internacional de Defesa do Estado).
"Alex" was a metallurgical worker and joined the Communist Youth in 1936, aging 19. In August 1938 he was arrested by the PIDE
PIDE
In 1969, Marcello Caetano changed the name PIDE to DGS . The death of Salazar and the subsequent ascension of Caetano brought some attempts at democratization, in order to avoid popular insurgency against censorship, the ongoing colonial war and the general restriction of civil rights...
. After spending 19 months in jail, he became the responsible for the Party's local committee in Almada
Almada
Almada is a municipality in Portugal, covering an area of 70.2 km² located on the southern margin of the Tagus River. Its municipal population in 2008 was 164,844 inhabitants; the urbanized center had a population of 102,357.The seat is the city of Almada....
, a suburb of Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
. In 1942 he was one of the major stimulator of the vast wave of strikes and demonstrations that swept the region of Lisbon, which were brutally repressed, due to its will to instate a Soviet like Communist Regime in Portugal.
In 1943, "Alex" was present in the Party's 3rd Congress and was elected to the Central Committee
Central Committee
Central Committee was the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, whether ruling or non-ruling in the twentieth century and of the surviving, mostly Trotskyist, states in the early twenty first. In such party organizations the...
. In 1944, he was again involved in the wave of strikes carried out in May. In 1945, short before being murdered, was elected to the Party's Political Bureau.
Alfredo Dinis was murdered by the political police near Sintra
Sintra
Sintra is a town within the municipality of Sintra in the Grande Lisboa subregion of Portugal. Owing to its 19th century Romantic architecture and landscapes, becoming a major tourist centre, visited by many day-trippers who travel from the urbanized suburbs and capital of Lisbon.In addition to...
, on July 4 of 1945.