Antonio de Almeida Santos

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Antonio de Almeida Santos

António de Almeida Santos (born February 15, 1926 in Cabeça , Concelho Seia ; † January 18, 2016 in Oeiras ) was a lawyer and a Portuguese politician belonging to the Partido Socialista (PS).

Life

Almeida Santos grew up in the Freguesia Vide near Seia. At the age of eighteen he began studying law at the University of Coimbra , which he graduated in 1950. In Coimbra he was also active as a singing guitar player ; one of his pieces was called Variações em ré menor / Variations in D minor .

In 1953 he settled in Mozambique and ran a law firm for more than twenty years. He belonged in Maputo (at the time Lourenço Marques ) to the grouping Demócratas de Moçambique . Twice he was a candidate for elections to the National Assembly ( Assembleia Nacional ) on a list of the democratic opposition, both times the candidacy was canceled by administrative acts of the colonial authority.

After the beginning of the Carnation Revolution on April 25, 1974, he returned to Portugal at the invitation of the then President of the Republic António de Spínola . Among other things, he was present at the attempt to regulate Angola's transition to state independence in the Alvor Agreement in mid-January 1975. A steep political career followed. Among other duties and offices he was:

  • Minister for Coordination of Inter-Territorial Affairs in the Provisional Transitional Governments I to IV
  • Minister for Social Affairs in the Provisional Transitional Government VI
  • Minister of Justice in the Soares I Cabinet (July 30, 1976 - December 9, 1977)
  • Minister without portfolio assigned to the Prime Minister (comparable to the German Chancellery Minister) in the Soares II cabinet (was involved in the constitutional amendment in 1982 that  canceled the Revolutionary Council - Conselho da Revolução )
  • Minister of State in the 9th Portuguese Government (June 18, 1983 - November 8, 1985)
  • President of Parliament of the Assembleia da República (1995–1999; 1999–2002)
  • Interim General Secretary of the Socialist Party (1986)

He took a political stance even at an advanced age. In May 2011, for example, he defended José Sócrates' announcement of his resignation in the event of his election defeat.

Awards

Almeida Santos received the Ordem da Liberdade , awarded in 2004 by President Jorge Sampaio . In 2003 he received the North-South Prize of the Council of Europe .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Honorary President António Almeida Santos has died
  2. ↑ António de Almeida Santos ( Memento of May 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Almeida Santos: "Não devemos exigir" de Sócrates que fique num Governo em que nicht seja líder . May 23, 2011. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved on August 20, 2011.
  4. ↑ Sampaio defende homenagem aos que tornaram democracia possível ( Memento of February 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Santos, Antonio de Almeida
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese lawyer and politician (PS)
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Cabeça , Concelho Seia
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 2016
Place of death Oeiras