2025Figures From Portuguese History And Culture - Set

Francisco Pereira de Moura
Economist | 1925–1998
A professor, political activist and opponent of the Estado Novo regime, he founded the Democratic Electoral Commission that gave rise to the MDP/CDE (Portuguese Democratic Movement). After being arrested for his political beliefs, he was dismissed from his teaching post and remained under the vigilance of the PIDE (the regime’s security agency). Following the revolution of 25 April 1974, he became a minister in the first, fourth and fifth provisional governments. In the Constituent Assembly elections of 1975, he won five parliamentary seats for his party. He eventually left politics and returned to university teaching. A prolific author in the field of Economics, he was made an Officer of the Order of Public Instruction and a Grand Officer of the Military Order of Sant’Iago da Espada.