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Edgar Silva

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Edgar Silva
Edgar Silva in 2016
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira
In office
8 November 1996 – 26 May 2024
Personal details
Born
Edgar Freitas Gomes da Silva

(1962-09-25) 25 September 1962 (age 62)
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Political partyPortuguese Communist Party (1997–present)
Alma materCatholic University of Portugal
Websitewww.edgarsilva2016.pt

Edgar Freitas Gomes da Silva (born 25 September 1962) is a Portuguese politician and former Catholic priest. He is known for having been a bitter dissident from the Portuguese Catholic hierarchy.

Edgar Silva is a licenciate in Theology and holds a master's degree in Systematic Theology from the Catholic University of Portugal. He has been a militant of the Portuguese Communist Party since 1997, and also a member of its Central Committee since 10 December 2000.[1][2]

He was a candidate to the 2016 presidential election.[1][2]

Works

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Among his published books, there can be found works on social and human development issues such as:

  • Os instrangeiros na Madeira. Funchal: Edgar Silva, 2005. ISBN 972-8246-85-4.
  • Madeira, tempo perdido. Funchal: Edgar Silva, 2007. ISBN 978-972-8246-98-3.
  • Os bichos da Corte do Ogre usam máscaras de riso. 2010.
  • Silva, Edgar; Vilarigues, Sofia (2011). Pontes de Mudança, sociedades sustentáveis e solidárias. Funchal: Antagonista. ISBN 978-989-83-3611-8.

References

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  1. ^ a b Rosa Pedroso Lima; Manuela Goucha Soares; Mafalda Ganhão (8 October 2015). "Edgar Silva é o candidato do PCP à Presidência da República" (Online). expresso.pt (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Expresso. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b Marta Caires (8 October 2015). ""Na Madeira falta inaugurar as pessoas." O perfil do antigo padre que o PCP quer ter em Belém" (Online). expresso.pt (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Expresso. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
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