Francisco Anacleto Louçã (; born 12 November 1956) is a Portuguese

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and

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Biography

He is the second son of António Seixas Louçã, a

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, and his wife Noémia da Rocha Neves Anacleto, lawyer, granddaughter of António Neves Anacleto, from Silves, brother of Isabel Maria, António, João Carlos and Jorge Manuel, and cousin of Vítor Gaspar, former Minister of Finances at the right winged

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's government. Louçã was an active opponent of the pre-democracy regime. He was arrested for a protest against the colonial war in 1972, before the fall of the dictatorship, which lasted in Portugal for about forty years and finished with the

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, (25 April 1974). In 1999, after pursuing his academic career, he helped found the

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party Left Bloc (Portuguese: ''Bloco de Esquerda'').

Career

He is a Full Professor of Economics in Lisbon's ''Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão'' (Direct Translation - "Higher Institute of Economics and Management", officially in English - "Lisbon School of Economics and Management"), which belongs to the

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(formerly

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) and was a member of the Portuguese Parliament from 1999 to 2012. He is the author of several books and scientific articles on the history of economic thought, the dynamics of

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s and the nature of long-term techno-economic change, including "Turbulence in Economics" (Elgar, 1997), "As Time Goes By" (with Christopher Freeman,

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, 2011 and 2002, translated into Portuguese, Chinese), "The Years of High Econometrics" (Routledge, 2007) and a number of papers in scientific journals in economics, mathematical physics, history of economic ideas, mathematical modeling of financial markets, history of biology. His scientific books are translated into eleven languages. In 1999 he was awarded the prize for the best scientific paper of the year, "History of Economics Association". Candidate in the Portuguese 2006 presidential elections, Louçã received 288,224 votes (5.31%). Francisco Louçã is one of the five personalities elected by the Assembly of the Republic to the Council of State on 18 December 2015, and he took office on 12 January 2016, serving until 2022. He is also the first (and so far only) member of Left Bloc to accede to this body.

Electoral history

Legislative election, 1991

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, , 254,317 , , 4.4 , , 5 , , style="color:green;", +1 , - , style="background:#000080;", , align="left", PSN , align=left ,

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, , 96,096 , , 1.6 , , 1 , , ''new'' , - , style="background:red;", , align="left", PSR , align=left , Francisco Louçã , , 64,159 , , 1.1 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 132,495 , , 2.3 , , 0 , , style="color:red;", –7 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 110,672 , , 1.9 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 5,735,431 , , 67.78 , , 230 , , style="color:red;", –20 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Lisbon City Council election, 1997

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Seats ! align="center" style="width: 50px", +/− , - , style="background:magenta;", , align="left", PS/ CDU/ UDP , align=left , João Soares , , 165,072 , , 51.9 , , 10 , , style="color:red;", –1 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PSD/ CDS–PP , align=left , Ferreira do Amaral , , 124,866 , , 39.3 , , 7 , , style="color:green;", +1 , - , style="background:darkred;", , align="left", PSR/ PXXI , align=left , Francisco Louçã , , 8,315 , , 2.6 , , 0 , , ''new'' , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PCTP/MRPP , align=left , – , , 6,070 , , 1.9 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 13,799 , , 4.3 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 318,102 , , 48.29 , , 17 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Autárquicas 1997

Legislative election, 1999

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, , 2,385,922 , , 44.1 , , 115 , , style="color:green;", +3 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PSD , align=left ,

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, , 1,750,158 , , 32.3 , , 81 , , style="color:red;", –7 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , Carlos Carvalhas , , 487,058 , , 9.0 , , 17 , , style="color:green;", +2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDS–PP , align=left ,

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, , 451,643 , , 8.3 , , 15 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", BE , align=left , Francisco Louçã , , 132,333 , , 2.4 , , 2 , , ''new'' , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 99,842 , , 1.8 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 108,194 , , 2.0 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 5,415,102 , , 61.02 , , 230 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Legislative election, 2002

, , 2,200,765 , , 40.2 , , 105 , , style="color:green;", +24 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PS , align=left ,

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, , 2,068,584 , , 37.8 , , 96 , , style="color:red;", –19 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDS–PP , align=left ,

, , 477,350 , , 8.7 , , 14 , , style="color:red;", –1 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , Carlos Carvalhas , , 379,870 , , 6.9 , , 12 , , style="color:red;", –5 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", BE , align=left , Francisco Louçã , , 153,877 , , 2.8 , , 3 , , style="color:green;", +1 , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 88,542 , , 1.6 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 107,774 , , 2.0 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 5,473,655 , , 61.48 , , 230 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Legislative election, 2005

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Candidate ! Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Seats ! align="center" style="width: 50px", +/− , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PS , align=left , José Sócrates , , 2,588,312 , , 45.0 , , 121 , , style="color:green;", +25 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PSD , align=left , Pedro Santana Lopes , , 1,653,425 , , 28.8 , , 75 , , style="color:red;", –30 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , Jerónimo de Sousa , , 433,369 , , 7.5 , , 14 , , style="color:green;", +2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDS–PP , align=left ,

, , 416,415 , , 7.3 , , 12 , , style="color:red;", –2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", BE , align=left , Francisco Louçã , , 364,971 , , 6.4 , , 8 , , style="color:green;", +5 , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 122,127 , , 2.1 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 169,052 , , 2.9 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 5,747,834 , , 64.26 , , 230 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Presidential election, 2006

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, , 2,773,431 , , 50.5 , - , style="background:;", , align=left ,

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, , 785,355 , , 14.3 , - , style="background:;", , align=left , Jerónimo de Sousa , , 474,083 , , 8.6 , - , style="background:;", , align=left , Francisco Louçã , , 292,198 , , 5.3 , - , style="background:;", , align=left , Garcia Pereira , , 23,983 , , 0.4 , - , colspan="2" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 102,785 , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="2" align="left", Turnout , 5,590,132 , , 61.53 , - , colspan="4" align=left, Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Legislative election, 2009

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, , 1,653,665 , , 29.1 , , 81 , , style="color:green;", +6 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDS–PP , align=left ,

, , 592,778 , , 10.4 , , 21 , , style="color:green;", +9 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", BE , align=left , Francisco Louçã , , 557,306 , , 9.8 , , 16 , , style="color:green;", +8 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , Jerónimo de Sousa , , 446,279 , , 7.9 , , 15 , , style="color:green;", +1 , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 178,012 , , 3.1 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 175,980 , , 3.1 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 5,681,258 , , 59.68 , , 230 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Legislative election, 2011

, , 2,159,181 , , 38.7 , , 108 , , style="color:green;", +27 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PS , align=left , José Sócrates , , 1,566,347 , , 28.0 , , 74 , , style="color:red;", –23 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDS–PP , align=left ,

, , 653,888 , , 11.7 , , 24 , , style="color:green;", +3 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , Jerónimo de Sousa , , 441,147 , , 7.9 , , 16 , , style="color:green;", +1 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", BE , align=left , Francisco Louçã , , 288,923 , , 5.2 , , 8 , , style="color:red;", –8 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PCTP/MRPP , align=left , Garcia Pereira , , 62,610 , , 1.1 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , style="background:teal;", , align="left", PAN , align=left , Paulo Borges , , 57,995 , , 1.0 , , 0 , , ''new'' , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 126,521 , , 2.3 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 228,017 , , 4.1 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 5,585,054 , , 58.03 , , 230 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

References

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