Manuel Alegre | |
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Member of the Council of State | |
Assumed office 29 April 2022 | |
Appointed by | Assembly of the Republic |
President | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
In office 2005–2016 | |
Appointed by | Assembly of the Republic |
President | Jorge Sampaio Aníbal Cavaco Silva Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
In office 1996–2002 | |
Appointed by | Assembly of the Republic |
President | Jorge Sampaio |
Personal details | |
Born | Manuel Alegre de Melo Duarte 12 May 1936 Águeda, Portugal |
Political party | Socialist Party |
Children | 3 |
Manuel Alegre de Melo Duarte, GCL (born 12 May 1936) is a Portuguese poet and politician, member of the Socialist Party, and a candidate for the 2006 Portuguese presidential election. He ran again in the 2011 presidential election,[1] this time backed by the Left Bloc[2] and the Socialist Party.[3] Alegre was awarded the Camões Prize in 2017.[4]