Alberto Madruga da Costa
Alberto Madruga da Costa | |
|---|---|
| 2nd President of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores | |
| Assuming office November 1978 | |
| President | António Ramalho Eanes |
| Prime Minister | |
| Succeeding | Álvaro Monjardino |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alberto Romão Madruga da Costa 15 April 1940 Matriz, Azores, Portugal |
| Died | 14 November 2014 Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal |
| Spouse | Verónica Madruga da Costa |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Banker, Journalist |
Alberto Madruga da Costa
Early life
Alberto Romão Madruga da Costa was born in civil parish of Matriz, municipality of Horta in 1940, son of Romão Nunes da Costa and Ema Clotilde Madruga da Silva Costa.[1][2]
He attended the Liceu Nacional de Horta (National Lyceum of Horta), the national secondary school at that time from 1950 to 1955, before attending similar classes between 1955 and 1957 in Ponta Delgada, at the comparable Liceu Nacional de Ponta Delgada.[1][2] Later, he frequented German classes in the Faculty of Letters, at the University of Lisbon and University of Coimbra, before taking-up compulsory service on the continent and Angola (between 1965 and 1969).[1]
Career
He began his career in the Banco Português do Atlântico (BPA), the Portuguese Atlantic Bank, where he became manager of the Horta branch, before assuming a similar position at the Banco Comercial Português (BCP), the Portuguese Commercial Bank.[1][2] Meanwhile, he taught German in his old preparatory school, the Lyceum of Horta.[2]
His early activities in politics, included a term as councilman for the Administrative Council of the city of Horta, between 1974-1975, eventually leading to his presidency in that body from 1975 to 1976, for the Junta Geral of the District of Horta, the post-Carnation Revolution body that administered the local authority.[1]
A member of the
Presidency of the Azores
He was briefly appointed President of the
Later life
In June 1995 he was presented the Grande Cross of the Order of Merit, and later, in January 2010, he was bestowed the Grande Cross of the Order of the Infante Henrique.[1] By unanimous decision of the Azorean Legislative Assembly, in plenary session on 11 May 2006, Madruga da Costa was presented the Autonomy Insignia of Valor for his contributions to Azorean autonomy.[1]
He was appointed in a non-executive administrator position in the regional electric-producer EDA Empresa de Electricidade dos Açores, as well as serving as director at the Correio da Horta, between March 2004 and the end of December 2005.[1]
References
- Notes
- Sources
- In Memoriam (José Correia da Rosa) (PDF) (in Portuguese), vol. Biannual, Associação dos Antigos Alunos do Liceu da Horta, 2000, p. 3, retrieved 3 December 2012[permanent dead link]
- "Intervenção Proferida pelo Presidente da Junta" (PDF), Boletim Informativa de Porto Pim (in Portuguese), no. 6, Junta Freguesia de Angústias, 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03, retrieved 2012-12-04