Honório Novo

José Honório Faria Gonçalves Novo (born 24 October 1950, in Barcelos) is a Portuguese politician and a retired secondary school teacher, member of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP).

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Faria and the second or paternal family name is Gonçalves Novo.
Honório Novo
Member of the European Parliament
In office
28 September 1994 – 19 July 1999
ConstituencyPortugal
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
25 October 1999 – 24 July 2013
ConstituencyPorto
Personal details
Born
José Honório Faria Gonçalves Novo

(1950-10-24) 24 October 1950
Barcelos, Braga District, Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
Political partyPortuguese Communist Party
Alma materUniversity of Porto
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionElectrical engineer, teacher

As a student, he belonged to the Choir of Letters of the University of Porto, and whose board came to chair. Furthermore, he was also chairman of the board of Theatrical Culture Circle – Experimental Theatre of Porto. He earned a degree in electrical engineering and later became a high-school teacher.

With regard to his political career, he was elected a deputy of the Assembly of the Republic for the PCP in the VIII, IX, X, XI and XII legislatures, having resigned to his parliamentary seat on 24 July 2013.[1] Between 1990 and 1994, he was an alderman (vereador) in the Municipal Chamber of Vila Nova de Gaia and, later, in 1994, he became a Member of the European Parliament, where he served for 5 years. After leaving the European Parliament, he was elected as councillor to the Municipal Chamber of Matosinhos, where he was alderman between 2001 and 2009. He was awarded the Municipal Medal of Merit from the Municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia.[2]

Divorced, he has two daughters, their names Mariana (graduated in Veterinary Medicine) and Sofia (bachelor of arts in music from the Conservatory of Antwerp).

References
  1. Catarina Sampaio Rolim (24 July 2013). "Honório Novo despediu-se do Parlamento" (Online). Público (in Portuguese). publico.pt. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  2. "Biografia (Honório Novo)". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 19 October 2017.


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