João Pinto de Freitas do Amaral (Lisbon

Lisbon

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, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 30 May 1948 - 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...

, São Domingos de Benfica, 21 March 1995) was a Portuguese

Portugal

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 politician

Politician

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 and journalist

Journalist

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.

Background

He was the fourth but second surviving son of Duarte de Freitas do Amaral

Duarte de Freitas do Amaral

Duarte Pinto de Carvalho de Freitas do Amaral, GCIH, ComC KCSG; b. Guimarães, 13 May 1909, d. Lisbon, 16 July 1979), was a Portuguese politician.-Background:...

 and wife Maria Filomena de Campos Trocado and the younger brother of Diogo de Freitas do Amaral.

Career

He was an Assistant to the Secretary of State of Sports and a Journalist

Journalist

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, etc.

Marriages and issue

He married firstly in Porto

Porto

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, Nevogilde, on 2 January 1971 and divorced Maria Inês Fernandes Marinho, born in 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...

, Nevogilde, 5 April 1946, daughter of Henrique Pascoal Marinho and wife Maria do Céu Pereira Fernandes, and had two children:

• Duarte Fernandes Marinho de Freitas do Amaral (b. 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...
  
  , 27 November 1971)
• Mariana Fernandes Marinho de Freitas do Amaral (b. 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...
  
  , 4 July 1974)

He married secondly in Sesimbra

Sesimbra

-References:Bibliography*The Rough Guide to Portugal; 11th edition, March 2005; ISBN 1-84353-438-X*Rentes de Carvalho, J. - Portugal, um guia para amigos ; De Arbeiderspers, 9th ed. August 1999; ISBN 90-295-3457-5Notes...

 on 9 September 1980 and divorced Isabel Maria Braz de Oliveira, born in 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...

 on 16 March 1955, daughter of Roque Braz de Oliveira and wife Maria Carlota Pinto Nogueira, and paternal granddaughter of Cassiano Maria de Oliveira (b. Fundão

Fundão

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, Alcongosta) and wife Júlia Preto Chagas Braz (b. Sesimbra

Sesimbra

-References:Bibliography*The Rough Guide to Portugal; 11th edition, March 2005; ISBN 1-84353-438-X*Rentes de Carvalho, J. - Portugal, um guia para amigos ; De Arbeiderspers, 9th ed. August 1999; ISBN 90-295-3457-5Notes...

, and had a daughter:

• Maria Brás de Oliveira de Freitas do Amaral (b. 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...
  
  , 28 February 1981)