António Joaquim Bastos Marques Mendes (b. Porto

Porto

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, Paranhos

Paranhos (Porto)

Paranhos is a parish in the municipality of Porto, Portugal.It has an area of 6.67 km² and a population of 48,686 giving a population density of 7,299 inhabitants per km². Local landmarks include the Areosa Church, various faculties of the University of Porto and the sprawling Hospital de...

, March 30, 1934) is a Portuguese

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 lawyer

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 and politician

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.

Background

He is a son of Joaquim Marques Mendes (Fornos de Algodres

Fornos de Algodres

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, Figueiró da Granja, March 3, 1892 – Porto

Porto

Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...

, Paranhos

Paranhos (Porto)

Paranhos is a parish in the municipality of Porto, Portugal.It has an area of 6.67 km² and a population of 48,686 giving a population density of 7,299 inhabitants per km². Local landmarks include the Areosa Church, various faculties of the University of Porto and the sprawling Hospital de...

, January 19, 1941), Director

Management

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 of Services in the Correios, Telégrafos e Telefones

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, and wife (m. Fafe, São Romão de Arões, April 20, 1933) Antónia Pereira da Costa Bastos (Fafe, São Romão de Arões, December 18, 1904 – Fafe, São Romão de Arões, October 2, 1990).

Career

He is a Licentiate

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 in Law

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 from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra.

He started his career as a lawyer

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.

Among other things he as a Co-Founder and a Member of the Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party (Portugal)

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 together with Francisco Sá Carneiro

Francisco Sá Carneiro

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, Francisco Pinto Balsemão

Francisco Pinto Balsemão

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, Joaquim Magalhães Mota

Joaquim Magalhães Mota

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, Carlos Mota Pinto

Carlos Mota Pinto

Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto, GCC, GCIP, was a Portuguese professor and politician.-Career:He graduated as a Licentiate in Law and Doctorate in Judicial Sciences from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. He was also a Professor at the Portuguese Catholic University and several foreign...

, João Bosco Mota Amaral

João Bosco Mota Amaral

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, Alberto João Jardim

Alberto João Jardim

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 and António Barbosa de Melo

António Barbosa de Melo

António Moreira Barbosa de Melo, GColL , is a Portuguese lawyer, politician and parliamentarian on several occasions.-Career:...

 of then Popular Democratic Party

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. He became Mayor

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 of the Municipal Chamber of Fafe, Deputy

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 to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic

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 and also a Representative at the European Parliament

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 for his Party.

Family

He married at Fafe, São Romão de Arões, on November 29, 1956 Maria Isabel Gonçalves, born in Fafe, Cepães, on July 10, 1933, an Elementary School

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 teacher

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, daughter of Gervásio Gonçalves (Fafe, Cepães, Carreira, June 1, 1905 – Guimarães

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, Creixomil, May 19, 1993), an Industrialist, and first wife (m. Felgueiras

Felgueiras

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, Felgueiras, June 25, 1928) Isabel Teixeira (Felgueiras

Felgueiras

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, Jugueiras, October 11, 1902 – August 22, 1980). They are the parents of Luís Marques Mendes

Luís Marques Mendes

Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, and a former Leader of the Social Democratic Party.-Career:...

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