Association for the Defense of Macau Interests Associação para a Defesa dos Interesses de Macau | |
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Abbreviation | ADIM |
Chairperson | Carlos d'Assumpção (1974–1992) |
Founder | Carlos d’Assumpção |
Founded | 19 June 1974 |
Newspaper | Jornal de Macau (until 1998) |
Ideology | Conservatism Localism |
Political position | Centre-right |
Association for the Defense of Macau Interests (Portuguese: Associação para a Defesa dos Interesses de Macau; Chinese: 澳門公民協會; lit. 'Macau Citizens Association'; ADIM) was a Portuguese conservative and localist political association based in Macau. Founded on 19 June 1974 by Delfino José Rodrigues Ribeiro and Carlos Augusto Corrêa Paes d’Assumpção,[1][2][3] ADIM collaborated politically with CDS in Portugal, as both shared similar ideology
ADIM is a political association of Portuguese origin and of a conservative and localist nature founded in 1974 by a group of Macanese, among which were Delfino José Rodrigues Ribeiro and Carlos Augusto Corrêa Paes d’Assumpção, who naturally became the leader of this association. ADIM maintained a close political collaboration relationship with the Portuguese Social Democratic Center (CDS), whose ideology was similar to that of ADIM.[4][5][6]