João Soares
João Barroso Soares (born August 29, 1949 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese politician of the Partido Socialista (PS). He was Mayor of Lisbon from 1995 to 2002 and Minister of Culture in the Costa I cabinet from November 24, 2015 to April 8, 2016 ; he resigned because of a dispute with a cartoonist.
Life
João Soares' parents were the politician Mário Soares and the actress Maria Barroso . He studied law at the University of Lisbon . In the 1987 parliamentary elections , he was first elected to the Assembleia da República for the Partido Socialista and was active there in the following legislative periods : 1987 to 1991, 2002 to 2005, 2005 to 2009, 2009 to 2011 and since 2011 as a member of parliament.
Before being elected Mayor of Lisbon, he was City Councilor for Culture from 1989 to 1995. In 1995 he was elected Mayor of Lisbon.
For a short time he was also a member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1995. In 2008 and 2009 he was also President of the OSCE Assembly .
Awards
- Colar des Ordem de Timor-Leste
Web links
- Entry on João Soares in the European Parliament 's database of MEPs
- Biography on the website of the Portuguese Parliament (Portuguese)
- João Soares demite-se. António Costa aceita “naturalmente”
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://expresso.sapo.pt/politica/2015-11-24-Ministro-da-Cultura-Joao-Soares-finalmente-o-Governo
- ↑ Decreto do Presidente da República n ° 43/2015 de 6 de Maio, accessed on September 18, 2019.
António Costa (PS) | Eduardo Cabrita (PS) | Pedro Siza Vieira (independent) | Augusto Santos Silva (PS) | Mário Centeno (PS) | Manuel Caldeira Cabral (PS) | Miguel Prata Roque (PS) | Constança Urbano de Sousa (PS) | José Azeredo Lopes (independent) | João Gomes Cravinho (independent) | Francisca Van Dunem (PS) | Luís Capoulas Santos (PS) | Maria Manuel Leitão Marques (PS) | Mariana Vieira da Silva (PS) | João Soares (PS) | Luís Filipe de Castro Mendes (independent) | Graça Fonseca (PS) | Manuel Heitor (PS) | Pedro Marques (PS) | Nelson de Souza (PS) | Pedro Nuno Santos (PS) | João Matos Fernandes (PS) | José Vieira da Silva (PS) | Adalberto Campos Fernandes (PS) | Marta Temido (independent) | Tiago Brandão Rodrigues (PS) | Ana Paula Vitorino (PS)
Politicians marked in italics have left the government prematurely Politicians marked in
bold have only entered the government later
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Soares, João |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Soares, João Barroso (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese politician (PS), MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon |