Manuel Alegre de Melo Duarte (born Águeda, 12 May 1936) is a Portuguese poet and politician, member of the Socialist Party, and currently an independent candidate to the Portuguese presidential election, 2006. Coat of Arms Águeda is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 335. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Poet is a term applied to a person who composes poetry, including extended forms such as dramatic verse. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... The Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Socialista) is a political party of Portugal. ... General Summary The Portuguese presidential election of 2006 was held on January 22. ...

While studying law at the University of Coimbra, Alegre became opposed to António de Oliveira Salazar's dictatorial government. He was conscripted, and sent to the Azores and later to Angola, where his involvement in an attempt to military rebellion led him to jail. After serving his term in Luanda, he returned to Coimbra, before going into exile in 1964. As a student at the University of Coimbra he was a very active figure of the Associação Académica de Coimbra while member of the governing body, athlete and cultural agent (poetry and theatre). Law (a loanword from Old Norse lagu), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, intended to provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments of/for those who... The University of Coimbra (Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra) is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. ... Antonio Salazar on July 22, 1946 issue of Time Magazine Professor António de Oliveira Salazar (April 28, 1889—July 27, 1970) was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. ... Location Motto of the autonomous region: Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos (Portuguese: To die free rather than to be subjugated in peace) Official language Portuguese Capitals Ponta Delgada (Presidency of the autonomous government), Angra do Heroísmo (Supreme Court), Horta (Legislative Assembly) Other towns Praia da Vitória... Map of Angola Luanda (formerly called Loanda) is the largest city and capital of Angola. ... District Coimbra Mayor   - Party Carlos Encarnação PSD Area 316. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... AACs Symbol The Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) is the students union of the University of Coimbra. ...

He would live the next ten years in Algiers, where he was one of the main voices of a radio station directed to Portugal, Voz da Liberdade (Freedom's Voice). The distribution of his first books was forbidden by Salazar's government, so they circulated in samizdat form. Alegre returned to Portugal in 1974, one week after the Carnation Revolution. Map of Algeria showing Algiers province Algiers (French Alger, (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر) El-Jazair, The Islands) is the capital and largest city of Algeria in North Africa. ... Samizdat, book published by Pathfinder Press containing a collection of forbidden Trotskyist Samizdat texts. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese, Revolução dos Cravos) was an almost bloodless left-leaning revolution started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, that effectively changed the Portuguese regime from an authoritarian dictatorship to a liberal democracy at the end of a two-year process of a Left-wing military...

He joined the Socialisty Party almost immediately, and was elected to Parliament in every election since 1975. He is currently one of the vice-presidents of Parliament, and sits in the President's advisory Council of State.

Several of his poems were made into songs, sung among others by Zeca Afonso and Adriano Correia de Oliveira, and played by Carlos Paredes. José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, known as Zeca Afonso José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, better-known as Zeca Afonso or only Zeca (August 2, 1929 - February 23, 1987) was born in Aveiro, Portugal, son of José Nepomuceno Afonso, a judge, and Maria das Dores. ... Adriano Correia de Oliveira, or only Adriano (April 9, 1942 - May 16, 1982) was born in Avintes (near Oporto), Portugal. ... Cover from Guitarra Portuguesa. ...

In 2004, he lost to José Sócrates a bid for the party leadership. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa (born in Vilar de Maçada, 6 September 1957) is a Portuguese politician, secretary-general of the Socialist Party and the current prime minister of Portugal, since March 12, 2005. ...

In 2005, a statue in his honour as been erected in Coimbra. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... District Coimbra Mayor   - Party Carlos Encarnação PSD Area 316. ...

On 24 September 2005, he announced that he would be a candidate to the Portuguese presidential election, 2006, despite his party officially supporting former president Mário Soares as a candidate. On the elections held January 22, 2006, he ended up collecting 20.7% of the valid votes (second largest amount after the elected President, Cavaco Silva, and ahead of his party's official candidate Mário Soares). September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... General Summary The Portuguese presidential election of 2006 was held on January 22. ... Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (pron. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aníbal António Cavaco Silva (born in Boliqueime in Loulé municipality in the Algarve region, on July 15, 1939) was Prime Minister of Portugal from November 6, 1985 to October 28, 1995. ...

Bibliography

Poetry

• Praça da Canção (1965)
• O Canto e as Armas (1967)
• Um Barco para Ítaca (1971)
• Letras (1974)
• Coisa Amar, Coisas do Mar (1976)
• Nova do Achamento (1979)
• Atlântico (1981)
• Babilónia (1983)
• Chegar Aqui (1984)
• Aicha Conticha (1984)
• Obra Poética, Vol. I, O Canto e as Armas (1989)
• Obra Poética, Vol. II, Atlântico (1989)
• Rua de Baixo (1990)
• A Rosa e o Compasso (1991)
• Com que Pena (1992)
• Sonetos do Obscuro Quê (1993)
• Coimbra Nunca Vista (1995)
• Trinta Anos de Poesia (1993)
• As Naus de Verde Pinho (1996)
• Alentejo e Ninguém (1996)
• Che (1997)
• Senhora das Tempestades (1998)
• Pico (1998)
• Rouxinol do Mundo (1998)
• Obra Poética (1999)
• Livro do português Errante (2001)
• Diálogos = Cristina Valada + Manuel Alegre (2001)

Prose

• Jornada de África (1989)
• O Homem do País Azul (1989)
• Alma (1995)
• Contra a Corrente (1997)
• A Terceira Rosa (1998)
• Uma Carga de Cavalaria (1999)
• Arte de Marear (2002)
• Cão Como Nós (2002)
• Um Velho em Arzila (2003)
• Rafael (2004)
• O Quadrado (2005)

External links

• Official site of the candidate (in Portuguese)