Portuguese economist and politician
Antonio Luciano Pacheco de Sousa Franco
,
GCC
,
GCSE
(
Oeiras
,
[1]
September 21, 1942 ?
Matosinhos
, June 9, 2004) was a Portuguese
economist
and
politician
.
Background
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He was a son of Antonio de Sousa Franco and wife Maria de Jesus Pacheco, in turn sister of Oscar Pacheco (
Setubal
, Sao Juliao, August 10, 1904 ? February 17, 1970), Isabel Pacheco and Clovis Pacheco and daughter of Joaquim Pacheco, born in
Setubal
, and wife Deolinda Baptista.
Career
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He was a
Licentiate
,
Doctorate
and
Full Professor
of
Law
from the
Faculty of Law
of the
University of Lisbon
. He was
President
of the Directive Council of his Faculty.
He joined the Popular Democratic Party in 1974, who adopted the name of
Social Democratic Party
in 1976. Between 1977 and 1978, he was the interim leader of the party, due to
Francisco Sa Carneiro
's absence. He later left the party and was
Minister of Finance
in the government of
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
, in 1979.
In 1986, he took office as President of the Portuguese
Court of Auditors
(Tribunal de Contas). In the meantime, he had come closer to the Socialist Party. He was again Minister of Finance in the first socialist government of
Antonio Guterres
, from 1995 to 1999.
He was critical of the socialists in the following years, but accepted to be the top candidate of the Socialist Party's list for the
2004 European Parliament election
.
Death
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During a campaign event for the 2004 European election in a fishing facility in
Matosinhos
, Sousa Franco and his entourage were engulfed by a violent clash between members of two local factions of the
Socialist Party
. During the incident, Sousa Franco suffered a
heart attack
. He was rushed to the nearby Pedro Hispano Hospital, being pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
Honours
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He was awarded with the
Grand Crosses
of the
Order of Christ
and the
Order of Saint James of the Sword
.
Family
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He married in
Coimbra
, at the
Old Cathedral
, Maria Matilde Pessoa de Magalhaes Figueiredo (b.
Lisbon
, Sao Domingos de Benfica, July 8, 1943), a
Licentiate
in
History
, daughter of Joao Correia de Magalhaes Figueiredo, a
decorated
Portuguese Army
Officer
, and wife Carlota Matilde Sergio Pessoa, a maternal niece of
Antonio Sergio
, without issue. She was previously married to Antonio Manuel Delgado Tamagnini, a
lawyer
, by whom she had an only daughter, Ines Pessoa de Magalhaes Figueiredo Tamagnini, unmarried and without issue. She is the sister of Eduardo Sergio Pessoa de Magalhaes Figueiredo, 2nd
Baron
of Costeira.
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