The Prime Minister José Socrates met today with the President Cavaco Silva to inform him about the composition of the XVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal, this government was formed on the basis of parliamentary elections on September 27, 2009, in which the PS won without an absolute majority. The Executive has eight new ministers. The Presidency of the Republic announced the inauguration of the new Socialist government on Monday, at the Ajuda Palace.
From the previous government are out Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues, Mário Lino, José António Pinto Ribeiro, Severiano Teixeira, Alberto Costa, Jaime Silva and Nunes Correia.
Profile: Alberto Martins, Minister of Justice
Ten years later, Alberto Martins returns to the Government, this time assuming the role of Justice Minister, replacing Alberto Costa.
Alberto de Sousa Martins, 64, was first elected as an independent in 1987, keeping the place of parliamentary mp in the following legislatures.
He was born on April 25, 1945 in Guimarães, in a family linked to the textile sector. He graduated in law at the prestigious University of Coimbra [created on the XIII century, in 1288]. Dedicated to political causes early, he was president of the directorate-general of the Academic Association of Coimbra in 1969, during Salazar's regime, and was the face of the academic revolt thus being arrested for political reasons [pictures of that day bellow].
Currently Alberto Martins is the leader of the parliamentary group of PS.
He served as Minister for State Reform and Public Administration in the XIV Constitutional Government (1999-2002).
He is also the author of New Citizen's Rights (1994) And Right to Citizenship (2000). He received the Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty in 1999.
The President of the Permanent Observatory for Justice, Boaventura Sousa Santos, said today that the appointment of Alberto Martins to Minister of Justice is "a sign that the prime minister will give priority to this area."
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Coimbra is a city and a municipality in Portugal, former capital of the country during the first dynasty period (12th century) and home to the University of Coimbra, the oldest academic institution in the Portuguese-speaking world and one of the oldest in Europe.
Students are represented by the students' union Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC). Formed on 3 November 1887, it is the oldest university students' union in Portugal, with a long history of struggle against unpopular state policies, forming notable politicians and intellectuals along the way. It also harbours a very dynamic associative life, with its numerous sports and cultural sections, as well as a number of other autonomous organizations. It is an important structure of extracurricular formation of the University of Coimbra's students and a major institution of the city itself.
"Fado of Coimbra"- typical song from Coimbra sang by students at Coimbra´s University Students Annual Festival "Queima das Fitas"
Academical Traditions
And of course, an absolute classic of the fado-de-Coimbra, recorded by Zeca Afonso more than 20 years after his last days as a student of the University of Coimbra
enjoy!
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The Prime Minister José Socrates met today with the President Cavaco Silva to inform him about the composition of the XVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal, this government was formed on the basis of parliamentary elections on September 27, 2009, in which the PS won without an absolute majority. The Executive has eight new ministers. The Presidency of the Republic announced the inauguration of the new Socialist government on Monday, at the Ajuda Palace.
From the previous government are out Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues, Mário Lino, José António Pinto Ribeiro, Severiano Teixeira, Alberto Costa, Jaime Silva and Nunes Correia.
Profile: Alberto Martins, Minister of Justice
Ten years later, Alberto Martins returns to the Government, this time assuming the role of Justice Minister, replacing Alberto Costa.
Alberto de Sousa Martins, 64, was first elected as an independent in 1987, keeping the place of parliamentary mp in the following legislatures.
He was born on April 25, 1945 in Guimarães, in a family linked to the textile sector. He graduated in law at the prestigious University of Coimbra [created on the XIII century, in 1288]. Dedicated to political causes early, he was president of the directorate-general of the Academic Association of Coimbra in 1969, during Salazar's regime, and was the face of the academic revolt thus being arrested for political reasons [pictures of that day bellow].
Currently Alberto Martins is the leader of the parliamentary group of PS.
He served as Minister for State Reform and Public Administration in the XIV Constitutional Government (1999-2002).
He is also the author of New Citizen's Rights (1994) And Right to Citizenship (2000). He received the Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty in 1999.
The President of the Permanent Observatory for Justice, Boaventura Sousa Santos, said today that the appointment of Alberto Martins to Minister of Justice is "a sign that the prime minister will give priority to this area."
On the Side
Cultural Information
Coimbra is a city and a municipality in Portugal, former capital of the country during the first dynasty period (12th century) and home to the University of Coimbra, the oldest academic institution in the Portuguese-speaking world and one of the oldest in Europe.
Students are represented by the students' union Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC). Formed on 3 November 1887, it is the oldest university students' union in Portugal, with a long history of struggle against unpopular state policies, forming notable politicians and intellectuals along the way. It also harbours a very dynamic associative life, with its numerous sports and cultural sections, as well as a number of other autonomous organizations. It is an important structure of extracurricular formation of the University of Coimbra's students and a major institution of the city itself.
"Fado of Coimbra"- typical song from Coimbra sang by students at Coimbra´s University Students Annual Festival "Queima das Fitas"
Academical Traditions
And of course, an absolute classic of the fado-de-Coimbra, recorded by Zeca Afonso more than 20 years after his last days as a student of the University of Coimbra
enjoy!