Francisco Pereira de Moura (1925–1998) was a Portuguese scholar, economist and politician opposed to the
Estado Novo regime. He led the ''United Democratic Electoral Commission'' in the rigged
1969 National Assembly election and, according to official numbers tallied about 10% of the vote, but failed to gain any representation in the assembly. He faced harassment by the
General Security Directorate and was later forced to give up his job teaching economics. Following the
Carnation Revolution he briefly served as
Minister without Portfolio and
Minister for Social Affairs, the latter in
Vasco Gonçalves
General Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves OA (; Lisbon 3 May 1921 – 11 June 2005) was a Portuguese army officer in the Engineering Corps who took part in the Carnation Revolution and later served as the 104th Prime Minister from 18 July 1974 to ...
' administration.
Francisco Pereira de Moura was responsible for the re-design of the economics currulum at the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, ISEG (earlier called ISCEF, for Instituto Superior de Ciencias Economicas e Financeiras
930and ISE, Instituto Superior de Economia
972
Year 972 ( CMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Emperor John I Tzimiskes divides the Bulgarian territories, recent ...
renamed ISEG in 1989), thus influencing for several decades the majority of economists in Portugal and beyond. Francisco Pereira de Moura is the author of a vast scientific legacy and authored the study that lead to the construction of the first steel mill in Portugal, still during the
''Estado Novo''.
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Portuguese politicians
1925 births
1998 deaths