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Miguel Portas | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 20 July 2004 – 24 April 2012 | |
Constituency | Portugal |
Personal details | |
Born | Miguel de Sacadura Cabral Portas 1 May 1958 Lisbon, Portugal |
Died | 24 April 2012 Antwerp, Belgium | (aged 53)
Political party | Left Bloc (1999–2012) |
Other political affiliations | Portuguese Communist Party (1973–1989) Platform of the Left (1992–1994) Politics XXI (1994–1999) |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Paulo Portas (brother) Catarina Portas (half-sister) Sacadura Cabral (great-uncle) |
Alma mater | Technical University of Lisbon |
Miguel de Sacadura Cabral Portas (1 May 1958 – 24 April 2012) was a Portuguese politician and a Member of the European Parliament for the Left Bloc, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group. He was a member of the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament and a member of the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries.
Miguel Portas was the older brother of the former Foreign Affairs Minister and former leader of the right-wing CDS–PP, Paulo Portas, and a great-nephew of Artur de Sacadura Cabral.