José Carreira Marques

José Manuel da Costa Carreira Marques (25 August 1943 – 6 August 2021) was a Portuguese politician.

Biography Marques was born in , Amadora on 25 August 1943. He moved to Beja at the age of 15, where he lived for the remainder of his life. He served in Angola during the Portuguese Colonial War.

Marques became a member of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) following the Carnation Revolution in 1974 and was elected to the Constituent Assembly of Portugal. He then served in the Assembly of the Republic from 1976 to 1982. During his time in the Assembly, he served on the Portuguese parliamentary commission on the Council of Europe. He was considered one of the most prominent communist politicians in Alentejo. Barriga was acquitted in 2007 when a judge ruled that his freedom of expression was guaranteed in the Constitution. He had been hospitalized in Évora for about a week due to diabetes and kidney problems. His coffin was cremated in Ferreira do Alentejo and a funeral procession was held in Beja. Following his death, the Municipality of Beja declared three days of mourning. as well as the Federação do Baixo Alentejo do Partido Socialista paid tribute to him.

Publications Crónicas de Ocasião (2001) (In)certos Instantes (2001) Sol Incendiado (2005) Cristal da Pele: poemas por dentro das mãos (2008)