The former Minister of the Internal Administration died Thursday in Braga, a victim of heart attack. “A good, competent, fair and loyal man,” recalls several PSD personalities.
Former Minister Miguel Macedo died Thursday at the age of 65. The Portuguese lawyer and politician will have been Heard attack victim, Advance Sic news.
Miguel Macedo was Minister of Internal Affairs in the Government of Pedro Passos Coelho between 2011 and 2014.
Militant PSDHe was elected deputy of the Assembly of the Republic in the legislatures that began in 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2009, always by the Braga circle, where it was natural.
Before being at the forefront of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, He went through several government positions: He was secretary of state for young people of the first government of an absolute majority of Anísbal Cavaco Silva, between 1990 and 1991. Later, between 2002 and 2005, he joined the governments of the PSD/CDS-PP coalition of Durão Barroso (XV) and Pedro Santana (XVI), as Secretary of State for Justice.
In addition, he was a member of the Municipal Assembly of Braga, between 1989 and 1993, and the councilor of the City Council of the same County, between 1993 and 1997.
Between April 2005 and October 2007 he held the position of general secretary of the PSD, in the direction of Luís Marques Mendes.
When Pedro Passos Coelho was elected president of the Social Democrats in March 2010, Miguel Macedo began leading the PSD parliamentary group. In the 2011 legislative elections, he directed the list of the party in the electoral circle of Braga, and then was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of the XIX Constitutional Government, a position from which he resigned in November 2014 after an investigation to the attribution of Gold Visas, which would be acquitted years later.
PSD remembers “Good Man”
The PSD says he received the news of Miguel Macedo’s death, a “Good man”With “deep pain.” In Note released on the sitepartyThe National Directorate of the party “expresses the most felt condolences” to family and friends and points out that the social democratic country and family are poorer. “
Even so, Prime Minister Luís Montenegro also reacted to Miguel Macedo’s death with “great sadness”, remembering the former ruler as “a man who dedicated much of his life to the public cause.”
“A serious man, a determined man, a friend, a man of thought, a man of action too, A man who served the country in several circumstances. Someone to whom the Portuguese people and the PSD must much, “said Luís Montenegro, in statements to journalists, at the entrance to the State Council.
It was also with “much dismay” that the President of the Republic realized the “sudden death” of Miguel Macedo, says a Note published on the Presidency website.
“With deep worm roots, Miguel Macedo revealed a Permanent concern with national and international reality and granted respect and consideration in the most varied sectors of Portuguese life. Either in the happiest moments of a long activity, and in those in which they faced adverse situations, always with rare resistance and affability, “recalls Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
In X, also the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paulo Rangel, says it is “devastated” for the death of the former minister. In publication He writes that he lived “much” with the colleague of the Government and the Parliament, which he considers “Competent, fair and loyal”. “He suffered the difficulties of the unfair accusation, breaking a career without guilt. All words are vain,” he adds.
Also in the X, the former Social Democratic President Rui Rio resembles Miguel Macedo as “An entire man and a good friend“
“The words are missing to express my deep disgust for the death of Miguel Macedo”, shared The old port of Porto.
ADVERTISINGSocial Democrat Luís Marques Mendes also remembers, in a statement to Renaissanceone “Extraordinary person” and “well formed” And he says he is in “complete shock” with the news. The former PSD leader and presidential candidate next year says that Macedo was not only a colleague, but it was also One of your best friends For decades.
The mayor of Lisbon, the coins of the social democrat Carlos, also expressed “condolences” to the family of Miguel Macedo.
“A good man who dedicated his entire life to Portugal. We were together in the nineteenth government, when the country most needed. In these functions I could witness the Competent ruler, the just citizen and the friend always available. Portugal loses one of the best, “he laments.
In a statement, the Ministry of Internal Affairs also lament Miguel Macedo’s death and remembers “Figure thatinevitably marked national political life“. In the repentance note, Minister Margarida Blasco and the Secretary of State mark the dedication of the former minister” to the public service with intelligence, determination and an undeniable sense of responsibility.
ADVERTISING“As a deputy, ruler and, in particular, as Minister of Internal Affairs, a position that held between 2011 and 2014, left an indelible brand in the operation of institutions and in defense of the public interest. irreparable loss For Portugal, “the Ministry also points out.
During this afternoon, in the Assembly of the Republic, agents of all banks expressed condolences to the family and friends of the former minister, remembering Miguel Macedo’s dedication to the public cause.
