Luís Filipe de Menezes Lopes (born 2 November 1953) is a Portuguese

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Background

He is a son of José António Lopes (

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, Alvar, 10 September 1925 –), an

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(son and paternal grandson of

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dealers and maternal grandson and great-grandson of

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s and maternal grandson of an ''exposed'' daughter of unknown parents), and wife (m.

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, Sé Nova, 11 December 1949) Maria Helena de Menezes Borges (

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, Abraveses, Aguieira, 15 April 1928 – 10 March 2015), a Licentiate in

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from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Porto and a

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, whose paternal grandfather was Spanish and whose mother was from the local Nobility.

Career

He is a Licentiate in

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specialized in

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from the

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of the University of Porto. He started his career as a

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. Affiliated with the

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(PSD), he was a Secretary of State for

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and from 1997 to 2013 he was

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of the Municipal Chamber of

Vila Nova de Gaia Vila Nova de Gaia (; ), or simply Gaia, is a city and a municipality in Porto District in Norte Region, Portugal, Norte Region, Portugal. It is located south of the city of Porto on the other side of the Douro River. The city proper had a populati ...

(in Greater Porto subregion), one of the most populated Portuguese municipalities. He was leader of the

between 12 October 2007 and 20 June 2008. He was elected after Luís Marques Mendes and was succeeded by Manuela Ferreira Leite. Meneses is considered a

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, his policies as mayor were equally populist and his victory over Marques Mendes is considered a victory of populism in the SDP, as there was a clear difference between the positions of both, having Meneses a more

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and pro-people position in most matters, although with a sightly

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stance on the

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system, and a liberal conservative position towards

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. Luis Filipe Menezes is considered as a modern politician. He had the best score in the Municipality elections of October 2009.

Family

He married Civilly at the 2nd Conservatory of the Civil Register of

on 20 March 1980 and Religiously in

, Bonfim, on 7 May 1980 to Maria Cândida Valanzuela de Sampayo Tavares (

, Ramalde, 7 November 1956), daughter of Amândio Gómez de Sampayo Tavares (

, Cedofeita, 26 December 1928 –), a Cathedratic Professor of the

of the University of Porto, etc., and the

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of the House of O Carballal in San Cristovo de Mourentán, Arbo,

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, Galicia, son of a Galician mother, and wife (m. 11 September 1952) María del Carmen Valanzuela y Simón (30 July 1923 –), a Galician paternal granddaughter of an unknown paternal grandfather, and had issue, three sons: * Luís Filipe Valanzuela Tavares de Menezes Lopes (born 20 December 1980) * Pedro Miguel Valanzuela Tavares de Menezes Lopes (born 16 June 1982) * João Francisco Valanzuela Tavares de Menezes Lopes (born 22 September 1993) He married on 10 March 2015 lawyer Ana Luísa Caetano. They have one son: * Afonso (born 8 March 2017)

Electoral history

Vila Nova de Gaia 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:;", , align="left", PSD , align=left , Luís Filipe Menezes , , 64,044 , , 46.7 , , 6 , , style="color:green;", +2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PS , align=left , José Carvalheiras , , 56,757 , , 41.4 , , 5 , , style="color:red;", –1 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , – , , 10,151 , , 7.4 , , 0 , , style="color:red;", –1 , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 1,878 , , 1.4 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 4,245 , , 3.1 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 137,075 , , 61.78 , , 11 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Autárquicas 1997

Vila Nova de Gaia City Council election, 2001

, - ! 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:;", , align="left", PSD/ CDS–PP , align=left , Luís Filipe Menezes , , 78,549 , , 59.9 , , 8 , , style="color:green;", +2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PS , align=left , Jorge Strecht Ribeiro , , 37,078 , , 28.3 , , 3 , , style="color:red;", –2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , – , , 8,192 , , 6.3 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", BE , align=left , – , , 1,570 , , 4.9 , , 0 , , ''new'' , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PH , align=left , – , , 601 , , 4.9 , , 0 , , ''new'' , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 4,460 , , 3.4 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 131,109 , , 57.69 , , 11 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Autárquicas 2001

PSD leadership election, 2005

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px", Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left , Luís Marques Mendes , align=right , 497 , align=right , 56.6 , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left , Luís Filipe Menezes , align=right , 381 , align=right , 43.4 , - , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , align=right , 878 , align=center , , - , colspan="4" align=left, Source: PSD Congress

Vila Nova de Gaia City Council election, 2005

, - ! 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:;", , align="left", PSD/ CDS–PP , align=left , Luís Filipe Menezes , , 77,971 , , 55.0 , , 7 , , style="color:red;", –1 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PS , align=left , Manuel Barbosa Ribeiro , , 39,657 , , 28.0 , , 3 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , Ilda Figueiredo , , 11,781 , , 8.3 , , 1 , , style="color:green;", +1 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", BE , align=left , Alda Sousa , , 5,327 , , 3.8 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 1,486 , , 1.1 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 5,616 , , 4.0 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 141,838 , , 60.73 , , 11 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Autárquicas 2005Autárquicas 2005

PSD leadership election, 2007

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px", Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left , Luís Filipe Menezes , align=right , 21,101 , align=right , 53.6 , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left , Luís Marques Mendes , align=right , 16,973 , align=right , 43.1 , - , colspan=2 align=left , Blank/Invalid ballots , align=right , 1,279 , align=right , 3.3 , - , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , align=right , 39,353 , align=right , 62.42 , - , colspan="4" align=left, Source: Diretas 2007

Vila Nova de Gaia City Council election, 2009

, - ! 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:;", , align="left", PSD/ CDS–PP , align=left , Luís Filipe Menezes , , 92,486 , , 62.0 , , 8 , , style="color:green;", +1 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PS , align=left , Joaquim Couto , , 37,790 , , 25.3 , , 3 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , Ilda Figueiredo , , 9,398 , , 6.3 , , 0 , , style="color:red;", –1 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", BE , align=left , João Semedo , , 4,828 , , 3.2 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", MPT , align=left , Nuno Aldeia , , 993 , , 0.7 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 3,733 , , 2.5 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 149,228 , , 59.71 , , 11 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Autárquicas 2009

Porto City Council election, 2013

, - ! 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:;", , align="left", Ind. , align=left , Rui Moreira, , 45,411 , , 39.3 , , 6 , , style="color:green;", +6 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PS , align=left , Manuel Pizarro , , 26,237 , , 22.7 , , 3 , , style="color:red;", –2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PSD/ PPM/ MPT , align=left , Luís Filipe Menezes , , 24,366 , , 21.1 , , 3 , , style="color:red;", –2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , Pedro Carvalho , , 8,539 , , 7.4 , , 1 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", BE , align=left , José Soeiro , , 4,166 , , 3.6 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 1,877 , , 1.6 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 5,102 , , 4.4 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 115,698 , , 52.60 , , 13 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Autárquicas 2013

References

External links

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his web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Menezes, Luis Filipe 1953 births Living people Social Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Mayors of places in Portugal People from Ovar University of Porto alumni