Duarte Alves

{{Short description|Portuguese politician (born 1991)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

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| office1 = Member of the Assembly of the Republic

| constituency1 = Lisbon

| term_start1 = 8 November 2022

| term_end1 = 25 March 2024

| predecessor1 = Jerónimo de Sousa

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| constituency2 = Lisbon

| term_start2 = 15 September 2018

| term_end2 = 28 March 2022

| predecessor2 = Miguel Tiago

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| birth_name = Duarte Le Falher de Campos Alves

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| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal

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| party = Portuguese Communist Party

| otherparty = Unitary Democratic Coalition

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Duarte Le Falher de Campos Alves (born 6 January 1991) is a Portuguese politician and former member of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. A communist, he represented Lisbon from September 2018 to March 2022 and from November 2022 to March 2024.

Early life

Alves was born on 6 January 1991 in Lisbon.{{cite web |title=Deputados: Biografia - Duarte Alves |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=5710 |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910084453/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=5710 |archive-date=10 September 2023 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}{{cite web |title=Sobre a actividade parlamentar em Lisboa e a alteração no Grupo Parlamentar do PCP na Assembleia da República |url=https://www.pcp.pt/sobre-actividade-parlamentar-em-lisboa-alteracao-no-grupo-parlamentar-do-pcp-na-assembleia-da |publisher=Portuguese Communist Party |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314000058/https://www.pcp.pt/sobre-actividade-parlamentar-em-lisboa-alteracao-no-grupo-parlamentar-do-pcp-na-assembleia-da |archive-date=14 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt |date=17 July 2018}} He has a degree in economics from the University of Lisbon's Higher Institute of Economics and Management (ISEG) and a master's degree in economics and public policy.{{cite news |last1=Lopes |first1=Maria |title=PCP substitui deputado Miguel Tiago pelo economista Duarte Alve |url=https://www.publico.pt/2018/07/17/politica/noticia/pcp-substitui-deputado-miguel-tiago-pelo-economista-daniel-alves-1838231 |access-date=24 March 2024 |work=Público |date=17 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204221838/https://www.publico.pt/2018/07/17/politica/noticia/pcp-substitui-deputado-miguel-tiago-pelo-economista-daniel-alves-1838231 |archive-date=4 December 2022 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}

Career

Alves is an economist by profession. He was a member of the national board of the Portuguese Communist Youth (JCP) from 2010 to 2017.{{cite web |title=Deputados: Registo de Interesses - Duarte Alves - Legislatura XIII |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/XIIL_RegInteresses.aspx?BID=5710&leg=XIII |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517100542/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/XIIL_RegInteresses.aspx?BID=5710&leg=XIII |archive-date=17 May 2022 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}} He then worked for the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and served as an advisor to its parliamentary group from 2017 to 2018 and in 2022.{{cite web |title=Deputados: Registo de Interesses - Duarte Alves - Legislatura XV |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/RegInteresses_v5.aspx?BID=5710&leg=XV |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930171059/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/RegInteresses_v5.aspx?BID=5710&leg=XV |archive-date=30 September 2023 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}

At the 2015 legislative election Alves was placed tenth in the Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)'s list of candidates in Lisbon but the alliance only won five seats in the constituency.{{cite web |title=Candidatos |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2015/candidatos.html |website=Eleições legislativas 2015 4 outubro |publisher=Ministry of Internal Administration |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209141628/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2015/candidatos.html |archive-date=9 December 2023 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}} He was appointed to the Assembly of the Republic as permanent member in September 2018 following the resignation of Miguel Tiago.{{cite magazine |title=Série I - Reunião Plenária de 6 de Setembro de 2018 |magazine=Diário da Assembleia da República |date=7 September 2018 |volume=XIII/3.a |issue=108 |page=30 |url=https://app.parlamento.pt/webutils/docs/doc.pdf?path=6148523063446f764c324679626d56304c334e706447567a4c31684a53556c4d5a576376524546535353394551564a4a51584a7864576c326279387a4c734b714a5449775532567a63384f6a627955794d45786c5a326c7a6247463061585a684c3052425569314a4c5445774f4335775a47593d&fich=DAR-I-108.pdf&Inline=true |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902193817/https://app.parlamento.pt/webutils/docs/doc.pdf?path=6148523063446f764c324679626d56304c334e706447567a4c31684a53556c4d5a576376524546535353394551564a4a51584a7864576c326279387a4c734b714a5449775532567a63384f6a627955794d45786c5a326c7a6247463061585a684c3052425569314a4c5445774f4335775a47593d&fich=DAR-I-108.pdf&Inline=true |archive-date=2 September 2021 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}} He was re-elected at the 2019 legislative election.{{cite web |title=Candidatos |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2019/candidatos.html |website=Eleições legislativas 2019 6 de outubro |publisher=Ministry of Internal Administration |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127183241/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2019/candidatos.html |archive-date=27 January 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}} At the 2022 legislative election Alves was placed third in the CDU's list of candidates in Lisbon but the alliance only won two seats in the constituency.{{cite web |title=Candidatos |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2022/candidatos |website=Eleições legislativas 30 de janeiro de 2022 |publisher=Ministry of Internal Administration |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116151420/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2022/candidatos |archive-date=16 January 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}} He was appointed to the Assembly as permanent member in November 2022 following the resignation of Jerónimo de Sousa.{{cite news |title=Jerónimo formaliza saída do Parlamento, Duarte Alves é o substituto na bancada do PCP |url=https://www.publico.pt/2022/11/08/politica/noticia/jeronimo-formaliza-saida-parlamento-duarte-alves-substituto-bancada-pcp-2026888 |access-date=24 March 2024 |work=Público |agency=Lusa News Agency |date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105135129/https://www.publico.pt/2022/11/08/politica/noticia/jeronimo-formaliza-saida-parlamento-duarte-alves-substituto-bancada-pcp-2026888 |archive-date=5 January 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}{{cite magazine |title=Série I - Reunião Plenária de 21 de Novembro de 2022 |magazine=Diário da Assembleia da República |date=22 November 2022 |volume=XV/1.a |issue=56 |page=3 |url=https://app.parlamento.pt/webutils/docs/doc.pdf?path=6148523063446f764c324679626d56304c334e706447567a4c3168575447566e4c305242556b6b76524546535355467963585670646d38764d533743716955794d464e6c633350446f32386c4d6a424d5a5764706332786864476c325953394551564974535330774e5459756347526d&fich=DAR-I-056.pdf&Inline=true |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208205038/https://app.parlamento.pt/webutils/docs/doc.pdf?path=6148523063446f764c324679626d56304c334e706447567a4c3168575447566e4c305242556b6b76524546535355467963585670646d38764d533743716955794d464e6c633350446f32386c4d6a424d5a5764706332786864476c325953394551564974535330774e5459756347526d&fich=DAR-I-056.pdf&Inline=true |archive-date=8 February 2023 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}} At the 2024 legislative election Alves was placed fifth in the CDU's list of candidates in Lisbon but the alliance only won two seats in the constituency.{{cite web |title=Candidatos |url=https://www.legislativas2024.mai.gov.pt/candidatos |website=Eleições legislativas 10 de março de 2024 |publisher=Ministry of Internal Administration |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311152645/https://www.legislativas2024.mai.gov.pt/candidatos |archive-date=11 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}

Electoral history

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2015 legislativeLisbon{{party color cell|Portuguese Communist Party}}Portuguese Communist Party{{party color cell|Unitary Democratic Coalition}}Unitary Democratic Coalitionalign=right|10Not elected
2019 legislativeLisbon{{party color cell|Portuguese Communist Party}}Portuguese Communist Party{{party color cell|Unitary Democratic Coalition}}Unitary Democratic Coalitionalign=right|3Elected
2022 legislativeLisbon{{party color cell|Portuguese Communist Party}}Portuguese Communist Party{{party color cell|Unitary Democratic Coalition}}Unitary Democratic Coalitionalign=right|3Not elected
2024 legislativeLisbon{{party color cell|Portuguese Communist Party}}Portuguese Communist Party{{party color cell|Unitary Democratic Coalition}}Unitary Democratic Coalitionalign=right|5Not elected

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