José Carreira Marques

José Carreira Marques
Mayor of Beja
In office
January 1983 – October 2005
Member of the Constituent Assembly of Portugal
In office
1975–1976
Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal
In office
1976–1983
Personal details
Born25 August 1943
Falagueira [pt], Amadora, Portugal
Died6 August 2021(2021-08-06) (aged 77)
Évora, Portugal
Political partyPCP

José Carreira Marques (25 August 1943 – 6 August 2021) was a Portuguese politician.[1]

Biography[edit]

Marques was born in Falagueira [pt], Amadora on 25 August 1943.[2][3] He moved to Beja at the age of 15, where he lived for the remainder of his life.[4] He served in Angola during the Portuguese Colonial War.[5]

Marques became a member of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) following the Carnation Revolution in 1974 and was elected to the Constituent Assembly of Portugal. He then served in the Assembly of the Republic from 1976 to 1982.[6] During his time in the Assembly, he served on the Portuguese parliamentary commission on the Council of Europe.[6] He was elected as Mayor of Beja, a position he held from January 1983 to October 2005, successfully arranging coalitions for the PCP.[7] He was considered one of the most prominent communist politicians in Alentejo.[6] In his last term of office, he was involved in a controversy when the city accused journalist Paulo Barriga of committing a crime when he criticized Marques for being an autocrat.[8] Barriga was acquitted in 2007 when a judge ruled that his freedom of expression was guaranteed in the Constitution.[8]

From September 2009 to October 2010, Marques served as executive director of the Conservatório Regional do Baixo Alentejo.[6] He also chaired the supervisory board of the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities from 1986 to 1989.[6] He sat on the General Council of the Beja Airport.[6]

José Carreira Marques died of cardiac arrest on 6 August 2021, at the age of 77.[9] He had been hospitalized in Évora for about a week due to diabetes and kidney problems.[10] His coffin was cremated in Ferreira do Alentejo and a funeral procession was held in Beja.[11] Following his death, the Municipality of Beja declared three days of mourning.[11] The PCP,[12] as well as the Federação do Baixo Alentejo do Partido Socialista paid tribute to him.[13]

Publications[edit]

  • Crónicas de Ocasião (2001)
  • (In)certos Instantes (2001)
  • Sol Incendiado (2005)
  • Cristal da Pele: poemas por dentro das mãos (2008)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sr. José Manuel da Costa Carreira Marques". Agência Funerária Pax-Júlia. (in Portuguese).
  2. ^ "Morreu antigo presidente da Câmara de Beja José Manuel Carreira Marques". SAPO (in Portuguese). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. ^ "José Manuel Carreira Marques". Wook (in Portuguese).
  4. ^ "José Carreira Marques faleceu aos 77 anos". Rádio Pax (in Portuguese). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Faleceu José Manuel Carreira Marques, antigo presidente da Câmara de Beja". Rádio Castrense (in Portuguese). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Morreu José Manuel Carreira Marques, antigo presidente da Câmara de Beja". Público (in Portuguese). Beja. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Morreu antigo presidente da Câmara de Beja José Manuel Carreira Marques". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Jornalista absolvido de ofensa à Câmara Municipal de Beja". Sindicato dos Jornalistas (in Portuguese). 27 July 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Morreu José Manuel Carreira Marques, antigo presidente da Câmara de Beja". TSF (in Portuguese). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Morreu José Manuel Carreira Marques, antigo presidente da Câmara de Beja". Observador (in Portuguese). Beja. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  11. ^ a b de Freitas, Ana E. (6 August 2021). "Morreu José Manuel Carreira Marques". Rádio Voz da Planície (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Faleceu Carreira Marques, ex-presidente da Câmara de Beja". Correio Alentejo (in Portuguese). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Beja: Funeral de Carreira Marques realiza-se esta tarde". Rádio Castrense (in Portuguese). 7 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
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