About Edgar Silva
Born 1962. Edgar Silva is a Portuguese politician.
Edgar Freitas Gomes da Silva (born 25 September 1962) is a Portuguese politician and former Catholic priest. He is known for having been a bitter dissident from the Portuguese Catholic hierarchy.
Edgar Silva is a licenciate in Theology and holds a master's degree in Systematic Theology from the Catholic University of Portugal. He has been a militant of the Portuguese Communist Party since 1997, and also a member of its Central Committee since 10 December 2000.
He was a candidate to the 2016 presidential election.
Works Among his published books, there can be found works on social and human development issues such as: Os instrangeiros na Madeira. Funchal: Edgar Silva, 2005. . Madeira, tempo perdido. Funchal: Edgar Silva, 2007. . Os bichos da Corte do Ogre usam máscaras de riso. 2010. Silva, Edgar; Vilarigues, Sofia (2011). Pontes de Mudança, sociedades sustentáveis e solidárias. Funchal: Antagonista. .
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Portuguese politician of the 3rd republic
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Edgar Silva was born on 25 September 1962 in Funchal.
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Edgar Silva is a politician.
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Edgar Silva is Portuguese.
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