Luís Filipe Menezes
Luís Filipe Menezes | |
|---|---|
José Ribau Esteves | |
| Preceded by | Luís Marques Mendes |
| Succeeded by | Manuela Ferreira Leite |
| Mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia | |
| In office 14 January 1997 – 21 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | José Heitor Carvalheiras |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo de Almeida Rodrigues |
| Secretary of State Assistant for Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 5 November 1991 – 28 October 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Preceded by | Carlos Encarnação |
| Succeeded by | António Costa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Luís Filipe de Menezes Lopes 2 November 1953 Ovar, Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouses | Maria Cândida Valanzuela de Sampayo Tavares
(m. 1980; div. 2010)Ana Luísa Caetano
(m. 2015) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Porto |
Luís Filipe de Menezes Lopes (born 2 November 1953) is a Portuguese politician.
Background
He is a son of José António Lopes (
Spanish
and whose mother was from the local Nobility.
Career
He is a
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto
.
He started his career as a
medical doctor
.
Affiliated with the
Greater Porto
subregion), one of the most populated Portuguese municipalities.
He was leader of the Social Democratic Party between 12 October 2007 and 20 June 2008.[1] He was elected after Luís Marques Mendes and was succeeded by Manuela Ferreira Leite.
Meneses is considered a
gay rights.[3]
Luis Filipe Menezes is considered as a modern politician.[4] He had the best score in the Municipality elections of October 2009.
Family
He married Civilly at the 2nd Conservatory of the Civil Register of
Galician
paternal granddaughter of an unknown paternal grandfather, and had issue, three sons:
- Luís Filipe Valanzuela Tavares de Menezes Lopes (born 20 December 1980)
- Pedro Miguel Valanzuela Tavares de Menezes Lopes (born 16 June 1982)
- João Francisco Valanzuela Tavares de Menezes Lopes (born 22 September 1993)
He married on 10 March 2015 lawyer Ana Luísa Caetano. They have one son:[5]
- Afonso (born 8 March 2017)
Electoral history
PSD leadership election, 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
- ^ "Luís Filipe Menezes, PSD".
- ^ "Meneses no PSD (Meneses in the SDP)".
- ^ "PSD: Mendes e Menezes em pseudo-debate (SPD: Mendes and Menezes in pseudo-debate)". (Portuguese)
- ^ "Confraria Laranja". (Portuguese)
- ^ "Luís Filipe Menezes só tem olhos para o filho". VIP. 15 September 2018.
External links
| International | |
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| National | |
