Carlos Augusto Corrêa Paes d'Assumpção GCC • ComIH (1 March 1929 – 20 April 1992)Carlos Augusto Corrêa Paes d'Assumpção
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, politician and Macanese leader in

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. He was the president of the

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(1951–1952),

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(1969–1974), co-founder of the Association for the Defense of Macau Interests (1974), president of the

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Carlos D’Assumpção
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Early life

D'Assumpção was born on 1 March 1929 in Macau, then a Portuguese

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, to a traditional and wealthy Macanese family. He completed his secondary studies at the

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, and studied law at the

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between 1946 and 1951. D'Assumpção died on 20 April 1992 at the age of 63.

Family

His father was João Corrêa Paes d'Assumpção Jr. and his mother was Epifânia Assam. On his paternal side, he was a descendant of João Corrêa Paes d'Assumpção (1825–1895).Árvore geneológica da família Assumpção
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(26 April 2010). On 9 December 1959, d'Assumpção married with Maria de Lourdes Lopes da Silva (born 3 December 1932), with whom he had children: * Carlos Augusto Lopes da Silva Corrêa Paes d'Assumpção (born 30 December 1960) * Maria de Lourdes Corrêa Paes d'Assumpção (born 16 September 1963) * João Manuel Corrêa Paes d'Assumpção (born 7 October 1967)

Decorations

On 11 April 1971, d'Assumpção was awarded the

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. He was posthumously awarded the Grand Cross of

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on 10 June 1992. The

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is named after him.

Notas

{{Portal bar, Biography, Portugal, History Macau politicians History of Macau Commanders of the Order of Prince Henry 1929 births 1992 deaths