Armando António Martins Vara (born 1954, Vinhais

Vinhais

Vinhais is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 694.9 km² and a total population of 10,051 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 35 parishes and is located in the district of Bragança....

) is a Portuguese

Portugal

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 politician, member of the Portuguese Socialist Party

Portuguese Socialist Party

The Portuguese Socialist Party was a political party in Portugal.The party was founded in 1875. During its initial phase the party was heavily influenced by Proudhonism, and rejected revolutionary Marxism. The party suffered constant factional struggles...

, and bank

Bank

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ing administrator. He enrolled in philosophy

Philosophy

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, at the New University of Lisbon

New University of Lisbon

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, , also known as NOVA ) was established in 1973 and is the youngest of the three public universities of Lisbon, in Portugal....

, leaving the institution whithout being awarded a degree. Throughout his life he was an employee at the state-owned bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos

Caixa Geral de Depósitos

Caixa Geral de Depósitos is a Portuguese state-owned banking corporation and the largest bank in Portugal.- History :*1876 — Caixa Geral de Depósitos was founded under the aegis of the Junta de Crédito Público....

 where he worked in several different positions ranging from clerk (it was his first job) to administrator (appointed in 2005, three days after has been awarded a degree in international relations

International relations

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 by the Independente University

Independente University

Independente University was a private university, headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, founded in 1993 by Luís Arouca, Rui Verde and Amadeu Lima Carvalho...

), and was deputy to the Portuguese Assembleia da República for several years. In addition, Vara is a former Secretary of State, Minister of Home Affairs, and Minister of Youth and Sports in the Portuguese Government, always by the Socialists. In January 2008, he was appointed vice-chairman of Millennium bcp bank. In October 2009 it was reported that Vara is an arguido

Arguido

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(formal suspect) in the Face Oculta

Face Oculta

Face Oculta is a Portuguese nationwide political corruption, money-laundering and corporate tax evasion scandal, first noticed in October 2009. The Polícia Judiciária investigated the business group headed by Manuel Godinho, suspected of economic crimes and bribery of managers of public funds...

scandal.