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Portuguese politician (born 1943)

Basílio Horta
Basílio Horta in 2010
Mayor of Sintra
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 October 2013
Preceded byFernando Seara
Minister of Agriculture, Commerce and Fisheries
In office
4 September 1981 – 9 June 1983
Prime MinisterFrancisco Pinto Balsemão
Preceded byAntónio Cardoso e Cunha
Succeeded byManuel Soares Costa
Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister
In office
9 January 1981 – 4 September 1981
Prime MinisterFrancisco Pinto Balsemão
Preceded byFrancisco Pinto Balsemão
Succeeded byFernando Amaral
Minister of Commerce and Tourism
In office
3 January 1980 – 9 January 1981
Prime MinisterFrancisco Sá Carneiro
Diogo Freitas do Amaral
Preceded byAcácio Pereira Magro
Succeeded byAlexandre Vaz Pinto
In office
30 January 1978 – 29 August 1978
Prime MinisterMário Soares
Preceded byCarlos Mota Pinto
Succeeded byPedro Pires de Miranda
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
20 June 2011 – 23 October 2013
ConstituencyLeiria
In office
5 April 2002 – 9 March 2005
ConstituencyPorto
In office
25 October 1999 – 4 April 2002
ConstituencyViseu
In office
1987–1991
ConstituencyPorto
In office
1976–1983
ConstituencyBraga
Personal details
BornBasílio Adolfo de Mendonça Horta da França
(1943-11-16) 16 November 1943 (age 81)
Tábua, Portugal
Political partySocialist Party (since 2009)
Other political
affiliations		National Union (1969–1974)
Democratic and Social Center (1974–2009)

Basílio Adolfo de Mendonça Horta da França (born 16 November 1943) is a Portuguese jurist and politician and a founder of CDS – People's Party. Currently, he serves as Mayor of Sintra, as a member of the Socialist Party. He was also a candidate in the 1991 presidential election, finishing in second place and losing to Mário Soares.

He held the positions of member of the Assembly of the Republic, Minister of Commerce and Tourism, Minister of Agriculture, Commerce and Fisheries, Member of the Council of State, and Ambassador to the OECD.

References

  1. "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  2. "Basílio Horta e a «separação amigável» com o CDS". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  3. "Basílio Horta personal biographic note".
  4. "Da União Nacional ao Partido Socialista". delitodeopiniao.blogs.sapo.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 August 2024.

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