- Luís Filipe Menezes
Luís Filipe de Menezes Lopes (born
Ovar ,November 2 ,1953 ) is a Portuguesepolitician .Background
He is a son of José António Lopes (
Porto ,Alvar ,September 10 ,1925 –), anIndustrialist (son and paternal grandson ofcattle dealer s and maternal grandson and great-grandson offarmer s and maternal grandson of an "exposed" daughter of unknown parents), and wife (m.Coimbra , Sé Nova,November 11 ,1949 ) Maria Helena de Menezes Borges (Viseu , Abraveses, Aguieira,April 15 ,1928 –), aLicentiate inPhilosophy from theFaculty of Letters of theUniversity of Porto and aHigh School Teacher , whose paternal grandfather was Spanish and whose mother was from the local Nobility.Career
He is a
Licentiate inMedicine specialized inpediatrics from theFaculty of Medicine of theUniversity of Porto .He started his career as a
medical doctor .Affiliated with the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he was a
Secretary of State forParliamentary Affairs and since 1997 he is the incumbentMayor of theMunicipal Chamber ofVila Nova de Gaia municipality (inGreater Porto subregion), one of the most populated Portuguese municipalities.He was leader of the Social Democratic Party between September 2007 and May 31, 2008. He was elected after
Luís Marques Mendes and was succeeded byManuela Ferreira Leite .Family
He married in
Porto Civilly at the 2nd Conservatory of the Civil Register of Porto onMarch 20 ,1980 and Religiously inPorto , Bonfim, onMay 7 ,1980 to Maria Cândida Valanzuela de Sampayo Tavares, born inPorto ,Ramalde , onNovember 7 ,1956 , daughter of Amândio Gómez de Sampayo Tavares (Porto ,Cedofeita ,December 26 ,1928 ), aCathedratic Professor of theFaculty of Medicine of theUniversity of Porto , etc, and theProprietor of the House of O Carballal in San Cristovo de Mourentán,Arbo ,Pontevedra , Galicia, son of a Galician mother, and wife (m.September 11 ,1952 ) María del Carmen Valanzuela y Simón (July 30 ,1923 –), a Galician paternal granddaughter of an unknown paternal grandfather, and had issue, three sons:
* Luís Filipe Valanzuela Tavares de Menezes Lopes (b.December 20 ,1980 )
* Pedro Miguel Valanzuela Tavares de Menezes Lopes (b.June 16 ,1982 )
* João Francisco Valanzuela Tavares de Menezes Lopes (b.September 22 ,1993 )
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