Joaquim Magalhães Mota


Joaquim Jorge de Magalhães Saraiva da Mota was a Portuguese lawyer and politician.

Background

He was a son of Elói do Nascimento Saraiva da Mota and wife Miquelina Augusta Flor de Magalhães.

Career

He was a Licentiate in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
He started his career as a lawyer.
He was a Member of the Liberal Wing, at the fascist National Assembly, during Marcelo Caetano's government, that came to an end in 1974. After the 25 April 1974, he was one of the four Co-Founders of the Popular Democratic Party, with Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Carlos Mota Pinto, João Bosco Mota Amaral, Alberto João Jardim, António Barbosa de Melo and António Marques Mendes. The party later changed its name to Social Democratic Party. He was Minister of Internal Affairs, in the I Provisional Government, led by Adelino da Palma Carlos, from May 15 to July 17, 1974. He also became a Deputy at the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic. From 1976 to 1978 was the Secretary-General of PSD. He later left the party and was a member of the Independent Social Democratic Action and the Democratic Renovator Party.

Family

He married at the Church of Santa Maria at Santa Maria, Sintra, on February 26, 1962 to Maria Manuela de Almeida Martins da Silva, born in Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, October 18, 1936, representative of the titles of Viscountess of Monção and Lady of São João de Rei, and had four children: