José Eduardo de Lima Pinto da Costa(b. Cedofeita

Cedofeita

Cedofeita is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Porto. It has a population of 24,784 inhabitants and a total area of 2.66 km²....

, Porto

Porto

Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...

, April 3, 1934), Licentiate

Licentiate

Licentiate is the title of a person who holds an academic degree called a licence. The term may derive from the Latin licentia docendi, meaning permission to teach. The term may also derive from the Latin licentia ad practicandum, which signified someone who held a certificate of competence to...

 in Medicine

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 and specialised

Specialty (medicine)

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 in Forensic Medicine, is a renowned Portuguese

Portuguese people

The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....

 doctor

Physician

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 specialized in legal medicine. One of the best medics of the country and a known specialist, he is the former director of the Porto

Porto

Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...

 Legal Medicine Institute. He was forced to resign along with other responsibles after some technical comments over the aftermath of some of the bodies of the Hintze Ribeiro disaster

Hintze Ribeiro disaster

On the night of March 4, 2001, the Hintze Ribeiro disaster occurred when the Hintze Ribeiro Bridge, made of steel and concrete, collapsed in Entre-os-Rios, Castelo de Paiva, Portugal, killing 59 people, including those in a bus and three cars that were attempting to get to the other side of the...

 that were seen by some as too harsh. He has also campaigned for the legalization of abortion

Abortion

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 in Portugal

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. He teaches forensics

Forensics

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 at the Lusíada University of Porto

Lusíada University of Porto

The Lusíada University of Porto is a Portuguese private university located in Oporto, and founded in 1989.-Organization:Currently 3 374 students attend the courses provided by ULP's three faculties and two institutes...

.

The eldest of six children of José Alexandrino Teixeira da Costa (Foz do Douro

Foz do Douro

Foz do Douro is a Portuguese parish of the city and of Porto municipality. It has 12,235 inhabitants and is 3.00 km² in area. It became a parish in 1836...

, Porto

Porto

Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...

, June 9, 1910 – Aldoar

Aldoar

Aldoar is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Porto. It has a population of 13,957 inhabitants and a total area of 2,36 km²....

, Porto

Porto

Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...

, December 6, 1977), a Merchant

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, and wife (m. Cedofeita

Cedofeita

Cedofeita is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Porto. It has a population of 24,784 inhabitants and a total area of 2.66 km²....

, Porto

Porto

Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...

, November 15, 1932) Maria Elisa Bessa de Lima de Amorim Pinto (São Mamede de Infesta, Matosinhos

Matosinhos

Matosinhos Municipality is located in Porto District, Portugal. The main city is Matosinhos. It is bordered to the south by the city of Porto and lies within the Greater Porto subregion. The municipality has a population of 168,451 in 10 parishes. Many people have recently moved from the...

, May 15, 1913 – November 14, 1997), one of his brothers is Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa

Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa

Jorge Nuno de Lima Pinto da Costa is a Portuguese football chairman, currently in charge of F.C. Porto.-Early years:Pinto da Costa was born in Porto, the son of José Alexandrino Teixeira da Costa and Maria Elisa Bessa Lima de Amorim Pinto, who fathered other four children, including future...

, the President

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 of FC Porto.

He married on January 8, 1962 Maria da Graça de Freitas do Amaral Lobo Machado, of the Viscounts of Paço de Nespereira (b. Guimarães

Guimarães

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, November 18, 1934), a first cousin of Diogo de Freitas do Amaral

Diogo Freitas do Amaral

Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral, GCC, GCSE, GCIH , usually referred to as either Freitas do Amaral or informally Freitas, is a Portuguese politician and law professor. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 12 March 2005 to 1 July 2006...

, and had two sons and one daughter:

• Diogo Paulo Lobo Machado Pinto da Costa (b. 1962)
• Rui Manuel Lobo Machado Pinto da Costa (b. 1967)
• Mafalda Lobo Machado Pinto da Costa (b. 1968)