Francisco de Oliveira Dias, Portuguese politician, Died at 88

Francisco Manuel Lopes Vieira de Oliveira Dias was born on February 17, 1930 and died in January 2019.

 

He was  a Portuguese politician.

 

Dias was a child of Francisco António do Amaral Dias, a Medical Doctor, and spouse Maria Isabel Charters Lopes Vieira da Câmara de Oliveira (b. 1904), identified with the first Viscounts of São Sebastião. 

Dias was a partner of the Founders of then-Democratic and Social Center (CDS), and possessed numerous workplaces in this Party. 

In 1974 he was chosen a Deputy to the Constituent Assembly and in 1976 to the Assembly of the Republic, where he was progressively chosen until 1983.

Dias was the fourth President of the Assembly of the Republic between October 22, 1981, and 2 November 1982, amid which he was likewise a Member of the Portuguese Council of State. 

Dias was likewise a Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council and of its Commission of Education and Culture. 

He Dias wedded Maria das Mercês Coelho da Silva Gil, the daughter of Adelino da Silva Gil (Figueira da Foz, Alhadas, 27 October 1885 - Lisboa, 25 June 1935) and spouse Deolinda Duarte Coelho (Vouzela, Vouzela, 1 March 1887 - Lisbon, 26 September 1955), and had eleven youngsters.

Francisco de Oliveira Dias passed away at 88 years old.