Luís Marques Mendes

Luís Marques Mendes GCIH
Marques Mendes in 2005
Member of the Council of State
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 April 2016
President	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
In office 20 June 2011 – 22 October 2015
President	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
President of the Social Democratic Party
In office 8 April 2005 – 12 October 2007
Secretary-General	Miguel Macedo
Preceded by	Pedro Santana Lopes
Succeeded by	Luís Filipe Menezes
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office 6 April 2002 – 17 July 2004
Prime Minister	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	António Costa
Succeeded by	Rui Gomes da Silva
Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister
In office 19 March 1992 – 28 October 1995
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded by	António Couto dos Santos
Succeeded by	Jorge Coelho
Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
In office 17 August 1987 – 19 March 1992
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded by	Pedro Santana Lopes
Succeeded by	Paulo Teixeira Pinto
Under Secretary of State to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office 8 November 1985 – 17 August 1987
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded by	António Vitorino
Succeeded by	Carlos Encarnação
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 31 October 1995 – 18 October 2007
Constituency	Braga (1995–1999) Aveiro (1999–2007)
Deputy Mayor of Fafe
In office 12 December 1976 – 8 November 1985
Personal details
Born	Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes (1957-09-05) 5 September 1957 (age 67) Guimarães, Portugal
Political party	Social Democratic Party (since 1974)
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse	Rosa Sofia Salazar ​ (m. 1982)​
Children	3
Parent(s)	António Marques Mendes (father) Maria Isabel Gonçalves (mother)
Relatives	Clara Marques Mendes (sister)
Alma mater	University of Coimbra
Occupation	Lawyer • Politician • Political commentator
Awards	Order of Prince Henry

Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes, GCIH (born 5 September 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, and a former Leader of the Social Democratic Party.

He is a son of António Marques Mendes and wife Maria Isabel Gonçalves.^[1]

He is a Licentiate in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra.

He started his career as a lawyer.

As a member of the Social Democratic Party he became Secretary of State and Spokesman of the Government of Prof. Aníbal Cavaco Silva. He has also been a Deputy to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.^[2]

He was elected the President of his Party in 2005 after Pedro Santana Lopes and was succeeded in September 2007 by Luís Filipe Menezes.

He is also a Member of the Portuguese Council of State, elected by the Assembly of the Republic.

He married in Guimarães, Vermil, on 24 April 1982, to Rosa Sofia Pinto Martins Salazar, born in Guimarães, Vermil, on 8 May 1957, a Licentiate in Modern Literatures and Languages (English and German), daughter of António Martins Fernandes Salazar (b. Guimarães, Vermil, Calçada, 19 May 1931), an Industrialist, one of the pioneers of the Ave, Subregion industrialization, and wife (m. Vila do Conde, São Miguel de Arcos, 21 April 1955) Berta da Silva Pinto (Penafiel, Penafiel, 23 May 1934 – Guimarães, Creixomil, 13 February 1995), and paternal granddaughter of José Fernandes Salazar (Guimarães, Vermil, 3 March 1890 – Porto, Miragaia, 1 December 1975), an Industrialist, one of the pioneers of the Ave, Subregion industrialization, and wife (m. Guimarães, Ronfe, 19 February 1925) Rosa Correia da Silva Martins (Guimarães, Ronfe, 2 January 1897 – Porto, Cedofeita, 31 August 1972). The couple has three children:^[3]

• João Pedro Pinto Salazar Marques Mendes
• Ana Sofia Pinto Salazar Marques Mendes
• João Miguel Pinto Salazar Marques Mendes

• Grand-Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Portugal (6 June 2008)^[4]