José Álvaro Machado Pacheco Pereira,
GCLThe Order of Liberty, or Freedom, is a Portuguese honorific civil order that distinguishes relevant services to the cause of democracy and freedom, in the defense of the values of civilization and human dignification...
(born January 6, 1949 in
PortoPorto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
) is a
PortuguesePortugal , 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...
political analyst, historian and politician, a member of
PSDThe Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...
.
Biography
He was born in
PortoPorto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
and graduated in
PhilosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
from the
University of PortoThe University of Porto is a Portuguese public university located in Porto, and founded 22 March 1911. It is the largest Portuguese university by number of enrolled students and has one of the most noted research outputs in Portugal...
. He was the son of Álvaro Gonçalo de Lima Pacheco Pereira (
PortoPorto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
,
BonfimBonfim is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Porto. It has a population of 28,578 inhabitants and a total area of 3.05 km²....
, August 4, 1921 –), related to the Lords of Aveloso by bastard line, and wife Maria Celina Machado (
PortoPorto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
, July 5, 1921 – 1997).
He was a militant of a
marxist-leninistMarxism–Leninism is a communist ideology, officially based upon the theories of Marxism and Vladimir Lenin, that promotes the development and creation of a international communist society through the leadership of a vanguard party over a revolutionary socialist state that represents a dictatorship...
party, before the
25 April 1974 revolutionThe Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25 de Abril , was a military coup started on 25 April 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, coupled with an unanticipated and extensive campaign of civil resistance...
. He left the far-left in 1976. He later became a member of the Portuguese center-right
Social Democratic PartyThe Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...
, and was a
DeputyA deputy is a legislator in many countries, particularly those with legislatures styled as a 'Chamber of Deputies' or 'National Assembly'.-List of countries:This is an list of countries using the term 'deputy' or one of its cognates....
(i.e. Member) of the
Portuguese ParliamentThe Assembly of the Republic is the Portuguese parliament. It is located in a historical building in Lisbon, referred to as Palácio de São Bento, the site of an old Benedictine monastery...
for three mandates and Vice-President of the
European ParliamentThe European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
from 1999 to 2004.
He is a permanent collaborator and commentator of the Portuguese written press (newspaper
PúblicoPúblico is a Portuguese daily national newspaper.It began publication on March 5, 1990. The newspaper is known as a publication of the French school, with extensive texts and few illustrations...
and magazine
Sábado) and television (
SIC NotíciasSIC Notícias is the cable news channel of the Portuguese television network SIC and the second thematic channel of the station. It replaced CNL , a Lisbon region independent cable news channel owned by TV Cabo, on January 8, 2001...
). He is also a
ProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
at
Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE).
He married in Porto on November 7, 1975 Isabel Maria de Seabra Correia Soares, born at São Vicente de Pereira Jusã,
OvarOvar Municipality is a municipality in Aveiro District, Baixo Vouga Subregion in Portugal. It has a total area of 147.4 km² and a total population of 56,296 inhabitants, and 42,582 electors . The city of Ovar itself has a population of 16,849....
, on September 11, 1949, daughter of Manuel Correia Soares and wife Maria Ludovina Correia de Seabra, and has one son, José Gonçalo Soares Pacheco Pereira, born in
PortoPorto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
in 1985.
Pacheco Pereira has mixed conservative and liberal political and social views. He supported
Iraq War in 2003, like most of his party. He supports abortion but opposes gay marriage, which he believes promotes
homophobiaHomophobia is a term used to refer to a range of negative attitudes and feelings towards lesbian, gay and in some cases bisexual, transgender people and behavior, although these are usually covered under other terms such as biphobia and transphobia. Definitions refer to irrational fear, with the...
. He is also against adoption by same-sex couples. In the debate about
LGBT parentingLGBT parenting refers to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people parenting one or more children. This includes children raised by same-sex couples , children raised by single LGBT parents, and children raised by an opposite-sex couple where at least one partner is LGBT.LGBT people can...
, Pereira claimed at
SIC NotíciasSIC Notícias is the cable news channel of the Portuguese television network SIC and the second thematic channel of the station. It replaced CNL , a Lisbon region independent cable news channel owned by TV Cabo, on January 8, 2001...
that gay people have a "high risk of
pederastyPederasty or paederasty is an intimate relationship between an adult and an adolescent boy outside his immediate family. The word pederasty derives from Greek "love of boys", a compound derived from "child, boy" and "lover".Historically, pederasty has existed as a variety of customs and...
." He already stated several times that the Portuguese Constitution should drop the prohibition of fascist parties.
Works
- As lutas operárias contra a carestia de vida em Portugal: a greve geral de Novembro de 1918 (1971);
- Questões sobre o movimento operário português e a revolução russa de 1917 (1971);
- Elementos para o estudo da origem do movimento operário no Porto: as associações mutualistas (1982);
- Notícias históricas do concelho e vila de Boticas, de L. de Figueiredo da Guerra - recolha, organização e notas (1982);
- Conflitos sociais nos campos do sul de Portugal (1983);
- Estudos sobre o comunismo: boletim de estudos interdisciplinares sobre o comunismo e os movimentos comunistas (1983-) (dir.);
- 1984: a esquerda face ao totalitarismo, com João Carlos Espada (1984);
- A Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Rurais (1912-1926): síntese da comunicação (1985);
- A sombra: estudo sobre a clandestinidade comunista (1993);
- O nome e a coisa: textos dos anos 80 e 90 (1997);
- Desesperada Esperança e outros textos (1999);
- Álvaro Cunhal, Uma Biografia Política. I Vol.: Daniel, O Jovem Revolucionário (1913-1941) (1999);
- Bíblia. Lamentações: Senhor, terá acabado a história? (2001);
- Álvaro Cunhal, Uma Biografia Política. II Vol.: Duarte, O Dirigente Clandestino (1941-1949), II vol. (2001);
- Vai pensamento: ensaios e outros textos (2002);
- O Mundo depois da guerra do Iraque: [textos e entrevistas] (2003), em colaboração;
- Álvaro Cunhal, Uma Biografia Política. III Vol.: O Prisioneiro (1949-1960) (2005);
- Quod Erat Demonstrandum - Diário das Presidenciais (Julho 2005 - Janeiro 2006) (2006).
Translations
He has translated the works:
- Da prática de onde vêm as ideias justas, de Mao Tsé-Tung, com Maria Helena (1971);
- Cartas sobre o materialismo histórico, de F. Engels (1971).
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