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      • Francisco Manuel Lopes Vieira de Oliveira Dias (17 February 1930 – 14 January 2019) was a Portuguese politician.


      Background


      He was son of Francisco António do Amaral Dias, a Medical Doctor, and wife Maria Isabel Charters Lopes Vieira da Câmara de Oliveira (born 1904), of English descent, related to the 1st Viscounts of São Sebastião.


      Career


      He was a collaborator of the Founders of then Democratic and Social Center (CDS), and occupied many offices in this Party.
      In 1974 he was elected a Deputy to the Constituent Assembly and in 1976 to the Assembly of the Republic, where he was successively elected until 1983.
      He was the 4th President of the Assembly of the Republic between 22 October 1981 and 2 November 1982, during which he was also a Member of the Portuguese Council of State.
      He was also a Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council and of its Commission of Education and Culture.
      He died on 14 January 2019, aged 88.


      Family


      He married Maria das Mercês Coelho da Silva Gil, daughter of Adelino da Silva Gil (Figueira da Foz, Alhadas, 27 October 1885 - Lisboa, 25 June 1935) and wife Deolinda Duarte Coelho (Vouzela, Vouzela, 1 March 1887 - Lisbon, 26 September 1955), and had eleven children:

      Maria Isabel Gil de Oliveira Dias
      Francisco Maria Gil de Oliveira Dias
      Paulo Gil de Oliveira Dias
      João Manuel Gil de Oliveira Dias
      José Pedro Gil de Oliveira Dias
      Maria das Mercês Gil de Oliveira Dias
      Nuno Gil de Oliveira Dias
      Miguel Gil de Oliveira Dias
      Maria do Carmo Gil de Oliveira Dias
      Marta Maria Gil de Oliveira Dias
      Maria Madalena Gil de Oliveira Dias


      References



      Os Presidentes do Parlamento (Presidents of the Portuguese Parliament), Assembly of the Republic

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