Carlos Hahnemann Saavedra Aboim Inglez (January 5, 1930 – February 13, 2002) was a Portuguese

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and leader of the

Portuguese Communist Party The Portuguese Communist Party ( pt, Partido Comunista Português, , PCP) is a communist, Marxist–Leninist political party in Portugal based upon democratic centralism. The party also considers itself patriotic and internationalist,Portugue ...

(PCP), entering the party in 1946 (at age 16). He was the son of

Maria Isabel Aboim Inglez Maria Isabel Aboim Inglez (19021963) was a teacher, feminist, and campaigner against the authoritarian '' Estado Novo'' regime in Portugal. She was arrested for her political activities on three occasions. Early life Maria Isabel Hahnemann Saaved ...

and Carlos Aboim Inglez, both communists and anti-fascists. His wife was

Maria Adelaide Aboim Inglez Maria Adelaide Aboim Inglez (19322008) was a Portuguese communist activist who opposed the authoritarian '' Estado Novo'' regime in Portugal. Early life Maria Adelaide Dias Coelho was born in Castelo Branco, Portugal on 27 March 1932. She was t ...

, who was also a communist militant who lived clandestinely with her husband. In 1953, he was made an official of the PCP. He was sentenced to eight years in Caxias prison by the '' Estado Novo'' regime. He showed great interest in Portuguese

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, most notably through his inclusion of commentaries and notes on poetry in the communist newspaper ''

Avante! ''Avante!'' (''Onwards!'') is the official newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP). Founded in 1931, it continues to be published to this day. The newspaper's motto is ''Workers of the World, Unite!'' and has been present in every e ...

''. He was interested in the relations between materialistic thought and the medieval controversy between

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and

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. He was member elected in European elections and became member of European Parliament. He asked that when he died he would be cremated to the sound of the ''Chorus of the Slaves'' of the

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'' by

Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...

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Um intelectual comunista
by Manuel Gusmão in ''Avante!'', February 21, 2002 1930 births 2002 deaths Aboim Inglez, Carlos {{Portugal-politician-stub