Teófilo Carvalho dos Santos
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Teófilo Carvalho dos Santos (Lisbon
Lisbon
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, 4 September 1906 - 1986), was a Portuguese
Portugal
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 politician
Politician
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.

Career

He was a Licentiate
Licentiate
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 in Law
Law
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 from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.

In 1945 he became one of the Founders of the Partido Trabalhista and, four years later in 1949, he integrated the core of the Resistência Republicana Socialista.

In 1969 he joined the Accção Socialista Portuguesa (ASP) and in 1973, along with other Members of that Party, he founded the Socialist Party
Socialist Party (Portugal)
The Socialist Party , abbreviated to PS, is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants from Portuguese Socialist Action ....

.

After the Carnation Revolution
Carnation Revolution
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 and the legalization of his Party he was a Deputy
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 for PS to the Assembly of the Republic
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 for eleven years, between 1975 and 1986. He died in office.

He was the 2nd President
President
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 of the Assembly of the Republic for two years, from 30 October 1978 to 7 January 1980, in which period he was also inherently a Member of the Portuguese Council of State.

Family

He married Maria Fernanda Troni de Sousa e Melo, daughter of Vasco de Sousa e Melo, a Lawyer
Lawyer
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, and wife (m. Alenquer
Alenquer
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, 27 April 1922) Maria Regina Namorado Troni (Alenquer
Alenquer
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, Triana
Triana (Alenquer)
Triana is a parish of the municipality of Alenquer, in western Portugal. It covers 32.28 km² in area, with 3532 inhabitants as of 2001.-References:*...

, 20 December 1889 - ?), whose paternal grandfather was Italian, and had issue:
  • Maria Regina de Sousa e Melo Carvalho dos Santos, married in Lisbon
    Lisbon
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     on 19 April 1969 to Nuno Manuel de Brederode Rodrigues dos Santos, a Deputy to the Assembly of the Republic (of distant Dutch
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     descent, great-great-grandson in female line of the 2nd Count
    Count
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    s of Vila Real
    Vila Real, Portugal
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     and great-great-great-grandson of the 2nd Count
    Count
    A count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...

    s of a Cunha), brother of Maria Emília de Brederode Rodrigues dos Santos and brother in law of José Manuel de Medeiros Ferreira, also a Deputy to the Assembly of the Republic, and had issue:
    • Vasco de Melo de Brederode dos Santos (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...

      , 18 August 1977)
    • Alexandre de Melo de Brederode dos Santos (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...

      , 24 May 1980)
  • Vasco de Sousa e Melo Carvalho dos Santos, unmarried and without issue
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