Luís Marques Mendes
{{Short description|Portuguese lawyer and politician (born 1957)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Luís Marques Mendes
| honorific-suffix = GCIH
| image = Luis Marques Mendes, February 2025.jpg
| office =
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| office3 = President of the Social Democratic Party
| term_start3 = 8 April 2005
| term_end3 = 12 October 2007
| primeminister3 =
| predecessor3 = Pedro Santana Lopes
| successor3 = Luís Filipe Menezes
| office4 = Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
| term_start4 = 6 April 2002
| term_end4 = 17 July 2004
| primeminister4 = José Manuel Barroso
| predecessor4 = António Costa
| successor4 = Rui Gomes da Silva
| office5 = Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister
| term_start5 = 19 March 1992
| term_end5 = 28 October 1995
| primeminister5 = Aníbal Cavaco Silva
| predecessor5 = António Couto dos Santos
| successor5 = Jorge Coelho
| office6 = Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
| term_start6 = 17 August 1987
| term_end6 = 19 March 1992
| primeminister6 = Aníbal Cavaco Silva
| predecessor6 = Pedro Santana Lopes
| successor6 = Paulo Teixeira Pinto
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|09|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Guimarães, Portugal
| death_date =
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| spouse = {{marriage|Rosa Pinto Salazar|1982}}
| children = 3
| party = Social Democratic Party (1974–2025)
| alma_mater = University of Coimbra
| office7 = Under Secretary of State to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
| term_start7 = 8 November 1985
| term_end7 = 17 August 1987
| constituency7 =
| relatives = Clara Marques Mendes (sister)
| parents = António Marques Mendes (father)
Maria Isabel Gonçalves (mother)
| caption = Marques Mendes in 2025
| occupation = Lawyer • Politician • Political commentator
| office8 = {{MP PT}}
| term_start8 = 31 October 1995
| term_end8 = 18 October 2007
| birth_name = Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes
| awards = Order of Prince Henry (2008)
| termstart2 = 20 June 2011
| termend2 = 22 October 2015
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| office9 = Deputy Mayor of Fafe
| office1 = Member of the Council of State
| term_start9 = 12 December 1976
| termstart1 = 7 April 2016
| constituency8 = Braga (1995–1999)
Aveiro (1999–2007)
| term_end9 = 8 November 1985
| predecessor7 = António Vitorino
| successor7 = Carlos Encarnação
| president1 = Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
| president2 = Aníbal Cavaco Silva
| primeminister7 = Aníbal Cavaco Silva
| 3blankname3 = {{nowrap|Secretary-General}}
| 3namedata3 = Miguel Macedo
| height = {{convert|1.62|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| 1blankname9 = Mayor
| 1namedata9 = António Guimarães
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Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes {{Post-nominals|list=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.Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 126
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.Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 126
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, Vermil, on 24 April 1982, to Rosa Sofia Pinto Martins Salazar, born in Guimarães, Vermil, on 8 May 1957, a Licentiate in Modern Literatures and Languages (English and German), daughter of António Martins Fernandes Salazar (b. Guimarães, 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, Creixomil, 13 February 1995), and paternal granddaughter of José Fernandes Salazar (Guimarães, Vermil, 3 March 1890 – Porto, Miragaia, 1 December 1975), an Industrialist, one of the pioneers of the Ave, Subregion industrialization, and wife (m. Guimarães, Ronfe, 19 February 1925) Rosa Correia da Silva Martins (Guimarães, Ronfe, 2 January 1897 – Porto, Cedofeita, 31 August 1972). The couple has three children:Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 126
- João Pedro Pinto Salazar Marques Mendes
- Ana Sofia Pinto Salazar Marques Mendes
- João Miguel Pinto Salazar Marques Mendes
Honours
Electoral history
=PSD leadership election, 2005=
{{election table|title=Ballot: 9 April 2005}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | Luís Marques Mendes
| align=right | 497
| align=right | 56.6
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | Luís Filipe Menezes
| align=right | 381
| align=right | 43.4
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout
| align=right | 878
| align=center |
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Source: PSD Congress{{citation | title = Luís Marques Mendes é o novo líder do PSD | url= https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/luis-marques-mendes-e-o-novo-lider-do-psd_n8416| publisher = RTP | date= 11 April 2005| access-date = 9 August 2024}}.
|}
=PSD leadership election, 2006=
{{main|2006 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election}}
{{election table|title=Ballot: 5 May 2006}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | Luís Marques Mendes
| align=right | 18,832
| align=right | 90.9
|-
| colspan=2 align=left | Blank/Invalid ballots
| align=right | 1,881
| align=right | 9.1
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | Turnout
| align=center | 20,713
| align=center | 37.33
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Diretas 2006{{citation | title = Congressos e Eleições Diretas PPD/PSD | url= https://www.psd.pt/pt/congressos-e-eleicoes-diretas| publisher = Social Democratic Party | access-date = 9 August 2024}}
|}
=PSD leadership election, 2007=
{{main|2007 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election}}
{{election table|title=Ballot: 28 September 2007}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | Luís Filipe Menezes
| align=right | 21,101
| align=right | 53.6
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | Luís Marques Mendes
| align=right | 16,973
| align=right | 43.1
|-
| colspan=2 align=left | Blank/Invalid ballots
| align=right | 1,279
| align=right | 3.3
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout
| align=right | 39,353
| align=right | 62.42
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Diretas 2007{{citation | title = Congressos e Eleições Diretas PPD/PSD | url= https://www.psd.pt/pt/congressos-e-eleicoes-diretas| publisher = Social Democratic Party | access-date = 9 August 2024}}
|}
References
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Category:People from Guimarães
Category:Social Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians
Category:Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)