Luís Marques Mendes

Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes, GCIH (b. Guimarães, Azurém, 5 September 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, and a former Leader of the Social Democratic Party.

Luís Marques Mendes GCIH
President of the Social Democratic Party
In office 8 April 2005 – 12 October 2007
Preceded by	Pedro Santana Lopes
Succeeded by	Luís Filipe Menezes
Leader of the Opposition
In office 8 April 2005 – 12 October 2007
Prime Minister	José Sócrates
Preceded by	Pedro Santana Lopes
Succeeded by	Luís Filipe Menezes
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office 6 April 2002 – 17 July 2004
Prime Minister	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	António Costa
Succeeded by	Rui Gomes da Silva
Deputy Prime Minister
In office 19 March 1992 – 28 October 1995
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded by	António Couto dos Santos
Succeeded by	Jorge Coelho
Secretary of State of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
In office 17 August 1987 – 19 March 1992
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded by	Pedro Santana Lopes
Succeeded by	Paulo Teixeira Pinto
Under-Secretary of State to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office 8 November 1985 – 17 August 1987
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded by	António Vitorino
Succeeded by	Carlos Encarnação
Personal details
Born	5 November 1957 Guimarães, Portugal
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Rosa Sofia Salazar
Children	José Pedro Ana Sofia João Miguel
Alma mater	University of Coimbra
Profession	Lawyer

Background

He is a son of António Marques Mendes and wife Maria Isabel Gonçalves.[1]

Career

He is a Licentiate in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra.

He started his career as a lawyer.

As a member of the Social Democratic Party he became Secretary of State and Spokesman of the Government of Prof. Aníbal Cavaco Silva. He has also been a Deputy to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.[2]

He was elected the President of his Party in 2005 after Pedro Santana Lopes and was succeeded in September 2007 by Luís Filipe Menezes.

He is also a Member of the Portuguese Council of State, elected by the Assembly of the Republic.

Family

He married in Guimarães, Vermil, on 24 April 1982, to Rosa Sofia Pinto Martins Salazar, born in Guimarães, Vermil, on 8 May 1957, a Licentiate in Modern Literatures and Languages (English and German), daughter of António Martins Fernandes Salazar (b. Guimarães, Vermil, Calçada, 19 May 1931), an Industrialist, one of the pioneers of the Ave, Subregion industrialization, and wife (m. Vila do Conde, São Miguel de Arcos, 21 April 1955) Berta da Silva Pinto (Penafiel, Penafiel, 23 May 1934 – Guimarães, Creixomil, 13 February 1995), and paternal granddaughter of José Fernandes Salazar (Guimarães, Vermil, 3 March 1890 – Porto, Miragaia, 1 December 1975), an Industrialist, one of the pioneers of the Ave, Subregion industrialization, and wife (m. Guimarães, Ronfe, 19 February 1925) Rosa Correia da Silva Martins (Guimarães, Ronfe, 2 January 1897 – Porto, Cedofeita, 31 August 1972). The couple has three children:[3]

• João Pedro Pinto Salazar Marques Mendes (b. Fafe, Fafe, 2 January 1986)
• Ana Sofia Pinto Salazar Marques Mendes (b. Fafe, Fafe, 10 April 1988)

Honours

• Grand-Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Portugal (6 June 2008)[4]

Electoral history

PSD leadership election, 2006

Ballot: 5 May 2006
Candidate		Votes	%
	Luís Marques Mendes	18,525	90.8
	Blank Ballots	1,512	7.4
	Invalid Ballots	362	1.8
Turnout		20,399	36.76

• (Source: Official results)

PSD leadership election, 2007

Ballot: 28 September 2007
Candidate		Votes	%
	Luís Filipe Menezes	20,701	54.1
	Luís Marques Mendes	16,334	42.7
	Blank/Invalid Ballots	1,235	3.2
Turnout		38,270	60.71

• (Source: Official results)

References

1. Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 126
2. Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 126
3. Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 126
4. "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 29 January 2017.