Júlio Fogaça
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Júlio de Melo Fogaça was a Portuguese
politician and member of the Portuguese Communist Party
(PCP), who had a major role in the resistance against the dictatorial regime that ruled Portugal from 1926 to 1974.
In 1935, Fogaça became a member of the Party's Secretariat, being imprisoned in the same year by the political police, and sent to the Tarrafal concentration camp in the Cape Verde
Islands. In 1940, received amnesty and was released. At the time, along with several other important Party cadres, such as Álvaro Cunhal
and Militão Ribeiro
, he started a major reorganization of the PCP.
In 1942, Fogaça was sent to Tarrafal again, being released in 1945. In 1946, he participated in the 4th Congress of the Party, being elected to the Central Committee
. However, in the 1950s, ideological divergences with Cunhal led him to start running apart from the Party's leadership. In 1960, was imprisoned again, and would only be released in 1970. Meanwhile, in 1961, was expelled from the PCP.
After the democratic Carnation Revolution
, in 1974, Fogaça approached the Party again. He died in 1980 and donated his goods to the Lisbon Science Academy.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
politician and member of the Portuguese Communist Party
Portuguese Communist Party
The Portuguese Communist Party is a major left-wing political party in Portugal. It is a Marxist-Leninist party, and its organization is based upon democratic centralism. The party also considers itself to be patriotic and internationalist....
(PCP), who had a major role in the resistance against the dictatorial regime that ruled Portugal from 1926 to 1974.
In 1935, Fogaça became a member of the Party's Secretariat, being imprisoned in the same year by the political police, and sent to the Tarrafal concentration camp in the Cape Verde
Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
Islands. In 1940, received amnesty and was released. At the time, along with several other important Party cadres, such as Álvaro Cunhal
Álvaro Cunhal
Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal, who used the name Álvaro Cunhal , was a Portuguese politician. He was one of the major opponents of the dictatorial regime of Estado Novo. He served as secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party from 1961 to 1992...
and Militão Ribeiro
Militão Ribeiro
Militão Bessa Ribeiro was a Portuguese politician, member of the Portuguese Communist Party, during the illegality, that struggled against the fascist regime of Estado Novo....
, he started a major reorganization of the PCP.
In 1942, Fogaça was sent to Tarrafal again, being released in 1945. In 1946, he participated in the 4th Congress of the Party, being elected to the Central Committee
Central Committee
Central Committee was the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, whether ruling or non-ruling in the twentieth century and of the surviving, mostly Trotskyist, states in the early twenty first. In such party organizations the...
. However, in the 1950s, ideological divergences with Cunhal led him to start running apart from the Party's leadership. In 1960, was imprisoned again, and would only be released in 1970. Meanwhile, in 1961, was expelled from the PCP.
After the democratic Carnation Revolution
Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25 de Abril , was a military coup started on 25 April 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, coupled with an unanticipated and extensive campaign of civil resistance...
, in 1974, Fogaça approached the Party again. He died in 1980 and donated his goods to the Lisbon Science Academy.