Luís Fazenda

Luís Emídio Lopes Mateus Fazenda (born in Lisbon on October 8, 1957) is a Portuguese professor and politician.

Luís Fazenda
Luís Fazenda in 2009.
Vice President of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 15 October 2009 – 19 June 2011
President	Jaime Gama
President of the Left Bloc's Parliamentary group
In office 20 June 2011 – 6 December 2012
Preceded by	José Manuel Pureza
Succeeded by	Pedro Filipe Soares
In office 26 October 1999 – 15 October 2009
Succeeded by	José Manuel Pureza
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 26 October 1999 – 23 October 2015
Constituency	Lisbon
Personal details
Born	Luís Emídio Lopes Mateus Fazenda (1957-10-08) 8 October 1957 Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal
Political party	Left Bloc
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Professor

Family

He is the son of Emídio Salvador Fazenda (born in Faro on December 19, 1929) and his wife Maria de Lourdes Ortigão Peres Lopes Mateus (born in Faro on July 1, 1931). He is a second-degree great-nephew and second-degree great-great-nephew of Ramalho Ortigão, and brother of Maria da Conceição Lopes Mateus Salvador Fazenda (born in Lisbon on September 4, 1952), who is single and without children.

Biography

He has been a Deputy in the Assembly of the Republic for the Left Bloc since 1999 and has served as Vice-President of the Assembly since 2009. He was a candidate for the Presidency of the Sintra Municipal Chamber in the 2013 local elections on behalf of the Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda).

He supports the decriminalization of abortion.

Marriage and Descendants

He married Maria do Céu da Cunha Meneses on April 16, 1977. She was born in Lisbon, Santa Maria de Belém, on July 16, 1954, daughter of Alfredo Brasil de Meneses and Júlia de Bettencourt da Cunha. They have a son and a daughter:

• Rui Sérgio Meneses Fazenda (born in Lisbon, Campo Grande, on April 9, 1978)
• Vera Isabel Meneses Fazenda (born in Lisbon, Alcântara, on September 25, 1983)