Luís Fazenda

Luís Emídio Lopes Mateus Fazenda (born in Lisbon on October 8, 1957) is a Portuguese professor and politician.

Luís Fazenda
Luís Fazenda in 2009.
Vice President of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
15 October 2009 – 19 June 2011
PresidentJaime Gama
President of the Left Bloc's Parliamentary group
In office
20 June 2011 – 6 December 2012
Preceded byJosé Manuel Pureza
Succeeded byPedro Filipe Soares
In office
26 October 1999 – 15 October 2009
Succeeded byJosé Manuel Pureza
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
26 October 1999 – 23 October 2015
ConstituencyLisbon
Personal details
Born
Luís Emídio Lopes Mateus Fazenda

(1957-10-08) 8 October 1957 (age 67)
Lisbon, Lisbon District,
Portugal
Political partyLeft Bloc
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionProfessor

Family

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He is the son of Emídio Salvador Fazenda (born in Faro on December 19, 1929) and his wife Maria de Lourdes Ortigão Peres Lopes Mateus (born in Faro on July 1, 1931). He is a second-degree great-nephew and second-degree great-great-nephew of Ramalho Ortigão, and brother of Maria da Conceição Lopes Mateus Salvador Fazenda (born in Lisbon on September 4, 1952), who is single and without children.[1]

Biography

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He was a Deputy in the Assembly of the Republic for the Left Bloc from 1999 to 2015 and served as Vice-President of the Assembly from 2009 to 2011.[2][3] He was a candidate for Mayor of Sintra in the 2013 local elections on behalf of the Left Bloc.

He supports the decriminalization of abortion.

Marriage and Descendants

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He married Maria do Céu da Cunha Meneses on April 16, 1977. She was born in Lisbon, Santa Maria de Belém, on July 16, 1954, daughter of Alfredo Brasil de Meneses and Júlia de Bettencourt da Cunha. They have a son and a daughter:[4]

  • Rui Sérgio Meneses Fazenda (born in Lisbon, Campo Grande, on April 9, 1978)
  • Vera Isabel Meneses Fazenda (born in Lisbon, Alcântara, on September 25, 1983)

References

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  1. ^ Costa, Lucília Verdelho da (2003). Ramalho Ortigão, José Duarte. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  3. ^ Paiva, Luis. "Comissão Política". bloco.org (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  4. ^ Costa, Lucília Verdelho da (2003). Ramalho Ortigão, José Duarte. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press.