Luís Marques Mendes

Luís Marques Mendes
Marques Mendes in 2025
Member of the Council of State
Assumed office
7 April 2016
PresidentMarcelo Rebelo de Sousa
In office
20 June 2011  22 October 2015
PresidentAníbal Cavaco Silva
President of the Social Democratic Party
In office
8 April 2005  12 October 2007
Secretary-GeneralMiguel Macedo
Preceded byPedro Santana Lopes
Succeeded byLuís Filipe Menezes
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office
6 April 2002  17 July 2004
Prime MinisterJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byAntónio Costa
Succeeded byRui Gomes da Silva
Minister Adjunct
In office
19 March 1992  28 October 1995
Prime MinisterAníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded byAntónio Couto dos Santos
Succeeded byJorge Coelho
Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
In office
17 August 1987  19 March 1992
Prime MinisterAníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded byPedro Santana Lopes
Succeeded byPaulo Teixeira Pinto
Under Secretary of State to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office
8 November 1985  17 August 1987
Prime MinisterAníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded byAntónio Vitorino
Succeeded byCarlos Encarnação
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
31 October 1995  18 October 2007
ConstituencyBraga (1995–1999)
Aveiro (1999–2007)
Deputy Mayor of Fafe
In office
12 December 1976  8 November 1985
MayorAntónio Guimarães
Personal details
Born
Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes

(1957-09-05) 5 September 1957
Guimarães, Portugal
Political partySocial Democratic Party (1974–2025)
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse
Rosa Pinto Salazar
(m. 1982)
Children3
Parent(s)António Marques Mendes (father)
Maria Isabel Gonçalves (mother)
RelativesClara Marques Mendes (sister)
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra
OccupationLawyerPoliticianPolitical commentator
AwardsOrder of Prince Henry (2008)

Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes GCIH (born 5 September 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, and a former Leader of the Social Democratic Party.