Adriano Moreira
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Adriano Moreira ComC GCC GOIH GCSE |
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| Member of the Council of State | |
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Assumed office 12 January 2016 |
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| Appointed by | Assembly of the Republic |
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Aníbal Cavaco Silva Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
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Member of the Assembly of the Republic Elections: 1980, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991 |
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In office 13 August 1987 – 26 October 1995 |
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| Constituency | Lisbon District |
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In office 31 May 1983 – 12 August 1987 |
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| Constituency | Porto District |
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In office 13 November 1980 – 30 May 1983 |
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| Constituency | Bragança District |
| Minister of the Overseas Provinces | |
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In office 13 April 1961 – 4 December 1962 |
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| President | Américo Tomás |
| Prime Minister | António de Oliveira Salazar |
| Preceded by | Vasco Lopes Alves |
| Succeeded by | António Augusto Peixoto Correia |
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Adriano José Alves Moreira 15 September 1922 Grijó de Vale Benfeito, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal |
| Political party | CDS – People's Party (1979-present) |
| Spouse(s) | Mónica Isabel Maia de Lima Mayer |
| Children | 6 |
| Alma mater |
University of Lisbon Complutense University of Madrid |
| Profession |
Lawyer Professor |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Adriano José Alves Moreira, ComC GCC GOIH GCSE (born September 15, 1922, Grijó de Vale Benfeito, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal), is a Portuguese statesman, lawyer, professor and retired politician. Adriano Moreira was a top political figure in Portugal throughout the second half of the 20th century.
Adriano Moreira was born in Macedo de Cavaleiros, northern Portugal, son of António José Moreira and wife Leopoldina do Céu Alves, and graduated in Law from the University of Lisbon in 1944. Later he would be awarded a doctorate from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Adriano Moreira started as a sympathizer of the Portuguese Democratic Opposition movement, signing a list of the MUD in 1945. He was the lawyer of the family of general José Marques Godinho, when he was arrested and later died in prison for his attempt to overthrow the Salazar regime in 1947. The family of the general sued the minister Fernando Santos Costa for his alleged responsibility in the death and was all arrested because of that, like Adriano Moreira himself.
He became with time closer to the New State. He was chosen to be the Portuguese minister for Overseas under António de Oliveira Salazar's Estado Novo regime. Noted for the legislative reforms that he introduced during his two years (1961–1963) as Minister of the Overseas Provinces (Ministro do Ultramar) during the New State (at Salazar's invitation). From this period are the foundation of two university institutions in Portuguese Angola and Mozambique - Estudos Gerais Universitários de Moçambique and Estudos Gerais Universitários de Angola. A brief two-year spell in Brazilian exile marked the short path between two political regimes (pre- and post- 1974 Carnation Revolution) for Adriano Moreira.
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