Fausto Correia
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Fausto de Sousa Correia (October 29, 1951 – 9 October 2007) was a Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 politician, deputy of the Portuguese Parliament, and Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
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 for the Socialist Party
Socialist Party (Portugal)
The Socialist Party , abbreviated to PS, is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants from Portuguese Socialist Action ....

; part of the Party of European Socialists
Party of European Socialists
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Biography

Born and raised in Coimbra
Coimbra
Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...

, Fausto Correia earned a degree in law from the University of Coimbra. In his early years, Correia was journalist at the newspaper República.

Government of Portugal

As a member of the Portuguese Government headed by Prime-Minister António Guterres
António Guterres
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, GCC is a Portuguese politician, a former prime minister and President of the Socialist International. Currently he is the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.-Early life:...

, in the early 2000s Correia played a major part in the establishment of the Loja do Cidadão (The Citizen's Shop), a one-stop-shop intended to improve quality in public services
Public services
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, and aimed to develop a new philosophy of more efficient and modern public service throughout the major cities of Portugal.

European Parliament

He was elected as a candidate of the Socialist Party
Socialist Party (Portugal)
The Socialist Party , abbreviated to PS, is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants from Portuguese Socialist Action ....

 to the European Parliament
European Parliament
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 in the European Parliament Election
European Parliament election, 2004
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Chairmanships

He was a former chairman of the Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F. (in 1995), the major football club of Coimbra, and RDP
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, S.A.,commonly known as RTP, is Portugal's public service broadcasting organization. It operates four terrestrial television channels and three national radio channels, as well as several satellite and cable offerings....

, the state-managed public radio network of Portugal.

Death

He died of a heart attack on 9 October 2007, in Brussels
Brussels
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. He had been living and working in Belgium as a member of the European Parliament
European Parliament
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since 2004.
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