Carlos César
| Carlos César | |
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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 |
| President |
Aníbal Cavaco Silva Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
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Assumed office 23 October 2015 |
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| Constituency | Azores |
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In office 13 August 1987 – 3 November 1991 |
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| Constituency | Azores |
| President of the Socialist Party | |
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Assumed office 29 November 2014 |
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| Leader | António Costa |
| Preceded by | Maria de Belém Roseira |
| President of the Government of the Azores | |
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In office 9 November 1996 – 6 November 2012 |
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| President |
Jorge Sampaio Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Representative | Mário Pinto Alberto Sampaio da Nóvoa Álvaro Laborinho Lúcio José António Mesquita Pedro Catarino |
| Preceded by | Alberto Madruga da Costa |
| Succeeded by | Vasco Cordeiro |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César 30 October 1956 Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Luísa César |
| Relations | Horácio do Vale César (brother) |
| Children | Francisco César |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
Carlos César (born 30 October 1956) is a Portuguese politician and former President of the Regional Government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. He currently serves as member of the Assembly of the Republic, member of the Council of State and President of the Socialist Party.
He was born at Ponta Delgada into a family with republican and democratic traditions and a history of participatory activism. His grand-uncle Manuel Augusto César was a social activist during the Portuguese First Republic, who edited the newspapers O Proletário, the weekly Federação Operária, the Protesto (the publication of the Centro Socialista Antero de Quental) and Protesto do Povo (another socialist publication).
His civic knowledge, following the Carnation Revolution, was profoundly shaped by his brother Horácio do Vale César (also a journalist), and many of the socialist figures of the period, including Jaime Gama, Mário Mesquita and Medeiros Ferreira (all students of the school Liceu Nacional Antero de Quental).
He began public life in the opposition to the Estado Novo, in the last years of the regime, becoming a member of the Cooperativa Cultural Sextante, which was extinct by the National Assembly, in December 1972. In 1973, at 17 years of age, he became a member of the Comissão Dinamizadora da Comissão Democrática Eleitoral, in Ponta Delgada. On April 26, 1974 he founded the Associação de Estudantes do Liceu Antero de Quental (Antero Quental Students' Association) and, a month later, the Juventude Socialista (Socialist Youth) of the Azores. He was a member of the first Secretariat elected to the Socialist Party (PS) in Ponta Delgada, and was part of the delegation from the Azores in the First National Congress of the PS, participating in the party youth-wing, the Juventude Socialista (JS).
In 1975, he entered the Faculty of Law at the University of Lisbon, although he did not complete his licenciatura. During his period of studies, he also became involved in the Direcção da Associação Académica da Faculdade de Direito (Directorate of the Law Faculty's Academic Association). While in Lisbon he worked as administrative coordinator in a local cooperative responsible for documentation and culture. During this time he continued as the national leader of the JS (to this day he retains a national honorary status in the organization). He was an adjunct to the Secretary of State for Public Administration during the II Constitutional Government.
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