António Joaquim Bastos Marques Mendes (30 March 1934 – 15 June 2015) was a

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and

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Background

He was born in

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, Paranhos, a son of Joaquim Marques Mendes (

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, Figueiró da Granja, 3 March 1892 –

, Paranhos, 19 January 1941),

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of Services in the Correios, Telégrafos e Telefones, and wife (m. Fafe, São Romão de Arões, 20 April 1933) Antónia Pereira da Costa Bastos ( Fafe, São Romão de Arões, 18 December 1904 – Fafe, São Romão de Arões, 2 October 1990).Ribera, José António Moya, ''Costados'', N.º 126 He died in Porto in 2015.

Career

He is a Licentiate in Law from the

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of the

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. He started his career as a

. Among other things he was a Co-Founder and a Member of the

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together with Francisco Sá Carneiro,

Francisco Pinto Balsemão Francisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão (; born 1 September 1937) is a Portuguese businessman, former journalist and retired politician, who served as Prime Minister of Portugal, from 1981 to 1983. Background He is the son of Henrique Patrício ...

Joaquim Magalhães Mota Joaquim Jorge de Magalhães Saraiva da Mota (November 17, 1935 in Santarém, São Salvador – September 26, 2007 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician. Background He was a son of Elói do Nascimento Saraiva da Mota (July 2, 1907 ...

Carlos Mota Pinto Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto, GCC, GCIP, (; Pombal, 25 July 1936 – Coimbra, 7 May 1985) was a Portuguese professor and politician. Career He graduated as a licentiate in law and doctorate in judicial sciences from the Faculty of Law o ...

João Bosco Mota Amaral João Bosco Soares da Mota Amaral (born 15 April 1943, in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores) is a Portuguese politician. He served as President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal from 2002 to 2005 and President of the Autonomous Regio ...

, Alberto João Jardim and

António Barbosa de Melo António Moreira Barbosa de Melo, GColL (2 November 1932 – 7 September 2016) was a Portuguese lawyer, politician, and parliamentarian on several occasions. Career de Melo was born in Penafiel, Lagares in 1932. He graduated as a Licentiate a ...

of then Popular Democratic Party. He became

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of the

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of Fafe,

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to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic and also a Representative at the

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for his Party.

Family

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

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

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, Creixomil, 19 May 1993), an

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, and first wife (m.

Felgueiras Felgueiras () is a municipality in Porto District, Portugal. The current mayor is Nuno Fonseca. There are two cities located in the municipality: Felgueiras (city status received on 13 July 1990) and Lixa. The population in 2011 was 58,065, in a ...

, Felgueiras, 25 June 1928) Isabel Teixeira (Felgueiras, Jugueiras, 11 October 1902 – 22 August 1980). They are the parents of

Luís Marques Mendes Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes, GCIH (born 5 September 1957, in Guimarães, Azurém) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, and a former Leader of the Social Democratic Party. Background He is a son of António Marques Mendes and wife Ma ...

References

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