Manuel Loff

Manuel Vicente de Sousa Lima Loff (born 3 February 1965) is a Portuguese historian, politician and former member of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. An independent affiliated with the Portuguese Communist Party, he represented Porto from March 2023 to September 2023.

Early life Loff was born on 3 February 1965 in Porto. He has a degree in history (1984) and post-graduate qualification in history education (1991) from the University of Porto (1988). He received a master's degree in 19th and 20th century history from the NOVA University Lisbon in 1994 after producing a thesis titled Franquismo y Salazarismo en la Época de Hitler. Régimen político, prejuicio ideológico y oportunidad histórica en la redefinición internacional de Portugal y España (1936-1942) for the National University of Distance Education. He received a doctorate in history and civilization from the European University Institute in 2004 after producing a thesis titled As duas ditaduras ibéricas na Nova Ordem eurofascista (1936-1945). Autodefinição, mundivisão e Holocausto no Salazarismo e Franquismo.

Career Loff is an history academic by profession. He is also a researcher at the Instituto de História Contemporânea (NOVA University Lisbon) and Centre d’Estudis sobre Dictadures i Democràcias (Autonomous University of Barcelona).

Loff was a columnist for Público (2011 to 2023) and a commentator on CNN Portugal (2022 to 2023) and Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. He was an independent proposed by the Portuguese Communist Party. Loff was appointed to the Assembly of the Republic as permanent member in March 2023 following the resignation of Diana Ferreira. He resigned from the Assembly in September 2023 in order to return to academia and was replaced by Alfredo Maia.

Works Loff has produced a number works on fascism, colonialism, resistance and the Carnation Revolution including: