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Teresa Caeiro
He was secretary of state and vice-president of the Assembly of the Republic. Last month announced the exit from the CDS. I was 56 years old.
Former CDS-PP deputy and former vice-president of the Assembly of the Republic Teresa Caeiro died At 56, the party sources told Lusa.
The news of Teresa Caeiro’s death was advanced on Thursday night by the newspaper.
Adds that the former Secretary of State was found dead at homethis Thursday. It was the son to find her at home.
Graduated in Law from the University of Lisbon, already in the late 1990s the leader of CDS-PP, Paulo Portas, called Teresa Caeiro to legal advisor to the Parliamentary Group of Christian Democrats in the Assembly of the Republic, and then chief of staff of the same parliamentary group, according to her biography.
In 2002 it was elected deputy For the first time, having been appointed in the same year for the position of Civil Governor of Lisbon.
In 2003, the government led by Durão Barroso, assuming the position of Secretary of State From Social Security, and later in the executive of Pedro Santana Lopes, he was Secretary of State for Arts and shows.
He was Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic in three legislatures (X, XI and XII).
In July announced in an interview with A CDS-PP Distlingafter 30 years of militancy.
“The party project of the CDS has not evolved, did not innovate, has no identity of its own and, frankly, does not mobilize me,” said the former Secretary of State.
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João Almeida, deputy of the CDS-PP, confirmed the death of Teresa Caeiro during a comment space on Thursday night on the channel: “He always hit social causes, is a great friend who leaves. I leave a tribute to Teresa, who is more than fair,” he said.
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo SOUSAhe highlighted, in a disclosed on the presidency page on Thursday night, that “Teresa Caeiro misses her contribution to the service of the country and the always affable deal”, “deeply lamenting the early disappearance.”
“At this time of loss, the President of the Republic sends to family and friends the most felt condolences,” he can read.
The President of the Assembly of the Republic, José Pedro Aguiar-Brancomanifested “deep grief” for the death of Teresa Caeiro, highlighting his “mark of humanism” in Portuguese democracy.
“Historical deputy, secretary of state and vice president of Parliament, leaves in our democracy a mark of humanism, assertiveness and personal elevation that everyone recognizes,” says Aguiar-Branco.
The leader of the CDS-PP parliamentary group, Paulo Nuncio, He recalled that Teresa Caeiro was an “extraordinarily generous person who always held political positions with enormous dedication, huge civic sense and public service”.
“Also known for Chant Leaves a lot of missing. He delivered much of his life to the public cause (…). Despite being politically consistent, it was very respected by all political quarters, by all parties. It deserves to be remembered as someone who did it to Portugal, and who served with great generosity, ”said Paulo Nuncio to the Lusa Agency.
Also the former President of the Assembly of the Republic Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues He expressed to Lusa to be shocked by the news of the death of “a friend.”
“A vice president who always honored Parliament, sending a hug to his whole family. Until ever, Teresa,” said the socialist, who was the leader of the Assembly of the Republic when Teresa Caeiro occupied the vice-presidency.
