Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes, GCIH (born 5 September 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, and a former Leader of the Social Democratic Party.

Background

He is a son of António Marques Mendes and wife Maria Isabel Gonçalves.

Career

He is a Licentiate in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. He started his career as a lawyer. As a member of the Social Democratic Party he became Secretary of State and Spokesman of the Government of Prof. Aníbal Cavaco Silva. He has also been a Deputy to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic. He was elected the President of his Party in 2005 after Pedro Santana Lopes and was succeeded in September 2007 by Luís Filipe Menezes. He is also a Member of the Portuguese Council of State, elected by the Assembly of the Republic.

Family

He married in [Guimarães](https://bliptext.com/articles/guimar-es), Vermil, on 24 April 1982, to Rosa Sofia Pinto Martins Salazar, born in [Guimarães](https://bliptext.com/articles/guimar-es), Vermil, on 8 May 1957, a Licentiate in Modern Literatures and Languages (English and German), daughter of António Martins Fernandes Salazar (b. [Guimarães](https://bliptext.com/articles/guimar-es), Vermil, Calçada, 19 May 1931), an Industrialist, one of the pioneers of the Ave, Subregion industrialization, and wife (m. Vila do Conde, São Miguel de Arcos, 21 April 1955) Berta da Silva Pinto (Penafiel, Penafiel, 23 May 1934 – [Guimarães](https://bliptext.com/articles/guimar-es), Creixomil, 13 February 1995), and paternal granddaughter of José Fernandes Salazar ([Guimarães](https://bliptext.com/articles/guimar-es), Vermil, 3 March 1890 – Porto, Miragaia, 1 December 1975), an Industrialist, one of the pioneers of the Ave, Subregion industrialization, and wife (m. [Guimarães](https://bliptext.com/articles/guimar-es), Ronfe, 19 February 1925) Rosa Correia da Silva Martins ([Guimarães](https://bliptext.com/articles/guimar-es), Ronfe, 2 January 1897 – Porto, Cedofeita, 31 August 1972). The couple has three children:

Honours

Electoral history

PSD leadership election, 2005

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PSD leadership election, 2006

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PSD leadership election, 2007

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