José Manuel Pureza | |
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Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic | |
Assumed office 28 October 2015 |
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Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
Assumed office 23 October 2015 |
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In office 15 October 2009 – 19 June 2011 |
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Constituency | Coimbra |
Personal details | |
Born |
José Manuel Marques da Silva Pureza 18 December 1958 Coimbra, Coimbra District, Portugal |
Nationality | Portuguese |
Political party | Left Bloc |
Spouse(s) | Maria do Carmo Carrilho Calado Antunes Lopes |
Parents | Fausto Gonçalves Pureza (father) Maria Margarida da Conceição Marques da Silva (mother) |
Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Professor, sociologist |
José Manuel Marques da Silva Pureza (born 18 December 1958, in Coimbra) is a Portuguese sociology professor and politician. A member of the Left Bloc, he was elected to the Assembly of the Republic, for the first time, in 2009, but failed to secure his re-election in 2011, having returned for a second period, after being elected again, in 2015. In the 2006 presidential election, he was the nationwide representative of the candidacy of Francisco Louçã.