- Fausto Correia
Fausto de Sousa Correia (
October 29 ,1951 –9 October ,2007 ) was a Portuguese politician, deputy of thePortuguese Parliament , andMember of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; part of theParty of European Socialists .Biography
Born and raised in
Coimbra , Fausto Correia earned a degree in law from theUniversity of Coimbra . In his early years, Correia was journalist at the newspaper "República".Government of Portugal
As a member of the
Portuguese Government headed by Prime-MinisterAntónio Guterres , in the early 2000s Correia played a major part in the establishment of the "Loja do Cidadão" (The Citizen's Shop), a one-stop-shop intended to improve quality in public services, and aimed to develop a new philosophy of more efficient and modern public service throughout the major cities of Portugal.European Parliament
He was elected as a candidate of the Socialist Party to the
European Parliament in the European Parliament Elections.Chairmanships
He was a former chairman of the
Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F. (in 1995), the major football club of Coimbra, and RDP, the state-managed public radio network of Portugal.Death
He died of a heart attack on
9 October 2007 , inBrussels . He had been living and working in Belgium as a member of theEuropean Parliament since 2004.
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