José de Almeida e Vasconcelos Pinto Coelho (

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, 27 September 1960) commonly known just by José Pinto Coelho, is a

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and

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, president of the National Renovator Party (Partido Nacional Renovador) since 2005. The second son of José Gabriel Braamcamp Freire Pinto Coelho (maternal grandson of the 4th

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s of

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) and first wife Maria Pia Penalva de Almeida e Vasconcelos (grand-niece of the 1st

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of Almeida e Vasconcelos, maternal granddaughter of the 2nd

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s of Penalva de Alva and half second cousin of

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), Pinto-Coelho grew up in Lisbon until the age of 14, but due to the revolutionary period in Portugal, his father, an

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, was forced to look for work abroad, and the family moved to

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. After returning to Portugal he began studying

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at the

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in Lisbon, but he quit the university and graduated in

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from IADE (Institute of Visual Arts, Design and Marketing) in Lisbon. Since the late 70s he became affiliated with the Nationalist Movement, and collaborated with the magazine ''Futuro Presente'' and with the newspaper ''O Século'' directed by

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. In the 90s he became a member of the National Alliance and in 1999 was one of the founders of the National Renewal Party. On 25 June 2005, at the party's 2nd National Convention, he was elected president. A

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by profession and a

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, he is married to Ana Mafalda de Aragão Morais de Utra Machado. Both his wife and mother generally run as candidates on his party's Legislative Elections. He is the father of five children and one of the founders of the Portuguese Association of Large Families.

References

External links

Article in Diário de Notícias

José Pinto Coelho's genealogy in a Portuguese genealogical site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinto Coelho, Jose 1960 births Living people National Renovator Party politicians Portuguese nobility People from Lisbon Portuguese expatriates in Brazil Catholic University of Portugal alumni