About José Pacheco Pereira
Born 1949. José Pacheco Pereira is a Portuguese politician, historian, writer, journalist, pundit and political analyst.
José Álvaro Machado Pacheco Pereira, GCL (born 6 January 1949 in Porto) is a Portuguese political commentator, historian and politician. He is a member of the center-right Social Democratic Party.
Biography He was born in Porto and graduated in Philosophy from Porto University, after having studied law at Lisbon University. He was born to parents Álvaro Gonçalo de Lima Pacheco Pereira (born 4 August 1921 in Porto, Bonfim), related to the Lords of Aveloso by bastard line and Maria Celina Machado (5 July 1921 in Porto – 1997).
He was a member of the Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist-Leninist) prior to the 25 April 1974 Carnation Revolution. He left the far-left in 1976.
He is a regular columnist in the written press (Público newspaper and Sábado magazine) and television pundit (SIC Notícias news channel). He also contributes to the weekly debate program O Princípio da Incerteza on TSF radio, where he comments on Portuguese and international political affairs. He also teaches at Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE).
Pacheco Pereira has mixed conservative and liberal political and social views. He supported Iraq War in 2003, like most of his party. He supports abortion but opposes same-sex marriage, which he believes promotes homophobia. He is against adoption by same-sex couples. He has stated several times that the Constitution of Portugal should drop the prohibition of fascist parties.
Personal life
He married in Porto on 7 November 1975 Isabel Maria de Seabra Correia Soares, born at São Vicente de Pereira Jusã, Ovar, on 11 September 1949, daughter of Manuel Correia Soares and wife Maria Ludovina Correia de Seabra, and has one son, José Gonçalo Soares Pacheco Pereira, born in Porto in 1985.
He lives in Marmeleira, Rio Maior.
Works
As lutas operárias contra a carestia de vida em Portugal: a greve geral de Novembro de 1918 (1971); Questões sobre o movimento operário português e a revolução russa de 1917 (1971); Elementos para o estudo da origem do movimento operário no Porto: as associações mutualistas (1982); Notícias históricas do concelho e vila de Boticas, de L. de Figueiredo da Guerra - recolha, organização e notas (1982); Conflitos sociais nos campos do sul de Portugal (1983); Estudos sobre o comunismo: boletim de estudos interdisciplinares sobre o comunismo e os movimentos comunistas (1983-) (dir.); 1984: a esquerda face ao totalitarismo, com João Carlos Espada (1984); A Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Rurais (1912-1926): síntese da comunicação (1985); A sombra: estudo sobre a clandestinidade comunista (1993); O nome e a coisa: textos dos anos 80 e 90 (1997); Desesperada Esperança e outros textos (1999); Álvaro Cunhal, Uma Biografia Política. I Vol.: Daniel, O Jovem Revolucionário (1913-1941) (1999); Bíblia. Lamentações: Senhor, terá acabado a história? (2001); Álvaro Cunhal, Uma Biografia Política. II Vol.: Duarte, O Dirigente Clandestino (1941-1949), II vol. (2001); Vai pensamento: ensaios e outros textos (2002); O Mundo depois da guerra do Iraque: [textos e entrevistas] (2003), em colaboração; Álvaro Cunhal, Uma Biografia Política. III Vol.: O Prisioneiro (1949-1960) (2005); Quod Erat Demonstrandum - Diário das Presidenciais (Julho 2005 - Janeiro 2006) (2006).
Translations
He has translated the works:
Da prática de onde vêm as ideias justas, de Mao Tsé-Tung, com Maria Helena (1971); Cartas sobre o materialismo histórico, de F. Engels (1971).
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Portuguese politician of the 3rd republic
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José Pacheco Pereira was born on 6 January 1949 in Porto.
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José Pacheco Pereira is a politician, historian, writer, journalist, pundit and political analyst.
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