Francisco Lucas Pires

Francisco António Lucas Pires (19 October 1944 – 22 May 1998) was a Portuguese professor, lawyer, and politician.

Biography Pires was married to Maria Teresa Bahia de Almeida Garrett, and was the father of four children.

He graduated from law school at the University of Coimbra in 1966 and then began complementary course on political science and economics, which he completed in 1968. He completed his PhD in legal and political science in 1989 before starting an academic career as a professor at the Faculty of Law of Coimbra.

Politics Pires joined the CDS in 1974 and became a deputy to the Assembly of the Republic. He served as the Minister of Culture and Scientific Coordination in the VIII Constitutional Government. He was a member of the Council of State from 1983 to 1985.

Between February 1983 and October 1985 Pires led Partido Popular, having left the presidency due to the poor results in the parliamentary elections in October 1985. Pires was elected to the European Parliament in 1987. In the following elections to the European Parliament, Pires joined the ranks of the CDS. He was the first Portuguese Vice-President of the European Parliament from 1987 to 1988 (and again in 1998), and was the first vice president of the European Christian Democratic Foundation for Cooperation. Pires formally joined the PSD in 1997.

Selected works Title Date The Problem of the Constitution 1970 Sovereignty and Autonomy 1974 A Constitution for Portugal 1975 In the European Time 1986 Constitution Theory 1976: the Dualistic Transition 1988 Treaties establishing the Community and the European Union 1994 The New Rights of Portuguese 1994 What is Europe 1994 Portugal and the Future of the European Union 1995 Regionalisation and Europe 1996 Schengen and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries 1997 Introduction to the European Constitutional Law 1997

Death Pires died of a heart attack on 22 May 1998 while traveling from Lisbon to Coimbra.