António Simões de Abreu, ComL

Order of Liberty

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, known simply by António Abreu (born 1947) is a Portuguese

Portugal

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 engineer and politician.

He joined the Portuguese Communist Party

Portuguese Communist Party

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 in 1969. From 1969 to 1973 he was an active member of the democratic opposition to the Fascist regime of Marcello Caetano. After the Carnation Revolution

Carnation Revolution

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, in 1974, he developed his political work inside the Union of Communist Students, one of the party's youth organizations at the time. After that he became responsible for the Intellectual sector of the Party and for several local organizations in the Oporto district.

He later became an alderman in Lisbon

Lisbon

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, after being elected in a coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party

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 and the Portuguese Socialist Party

Portuguese Socialist Party

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In 14 January 2001, Abreu was the Party's candidate to the Presidential election

Portuguese presidential election, 2001

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Antonio Abreu was member of the Educational National Council.

He was natural parks manager in Sintra and worked in new hospitals projects.

He is a consultor dedicated to management of projects.