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Constituency
  
Lisbon District

Constituency
  
Setúbal District

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Appointed by
  
President
  
Aníbal Cavaco SilvaMarcelo Rebelo de Sousa

Full Name
  
Domingos Abrantes Ferreira

Born
  
19 January 1936 (age 81)Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal (
1936-01-19
)

Political party
  
Domestic partner
  
Conceição Matos (1963-present)

Testemunho de domingos abrantes e concei o matos penacova


Domingos Abrantes Ferreira, generally known as Domingos Abrantes (born 19 January 1936) is a Portuguese communist politician, currently serving as member of the Portuguese Council of State.

He is a member of the Portuguese Communist Party since 1954, and was a member of its Central Committee between 1963 and 2012.

Domingos Abrantes was also a political prisoner during the Estado Novo dictatorship. He was arrested for the first time in 1959, and in 1961 took part in the famed escape from Caxias prison. He was again arrested in 1965, being released only in 1973.

After the Carnation Revolution he was elected Member of the Assembly of the Republic for the first time in 1976, retiring from the legislature in 1995.

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Domingos Abrantes Wikipedia


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