Domingos Abrantes
| Domingos Abrantes | |
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| Member of the Council of State | |
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Assumed office 12 January 2016 | |
| Appointed by | Assembly of the Republic |
| President |
Aníbal Cavaco Silva Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic Elections: 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991 | |
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In office 4 November 1991 – 26 October 1995 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon District |
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In office 3 June 1976 – 3 November 1991 | |
| Constituency | Setúbal District |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Domingos Abrantes Ferreira 19 January 1936 Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal |
| Political party | Portuguese Communist Party (1954-present) |
| Domestic partner | Conceição Matos (1963-present) |
Domingos Abrantes Ferreira,[1] generally known as Domingos Abrantes (born 19 January 1936) is a Portuguese communist politician, currently serving as member of the Portuguese Council of State.
He is a member of the Portuguese Communist Party since 1954, and was a member of its Central Committee between 1963 and 2012.
Domingos Abrantes was also a political prisoner during the Estado Novo dictatorship. He was arrested for the first time in 1959, and in 1961 took part in the famed escape from Caxias prison. He was again arrested in 1965, being released only in 1973.[2]
After the Carnation Revolution he was elected Member of the Assembly of the Republic for the first time in 1976, retiring from the legislature in 1995.
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