31 Notable alumni of
Catholic University of Portugal
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The Catholic University of Portugal is 1275th in the world, 445th in Europe, and 4th in Portugal by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 31 notable alumni from the Catholic University of Portugal sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ricardo Araújo Pereira
- Occupations
- writercomedianscreenwriter
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Ricardo Artur de Araújo Pereira is a Portuguese comedian, political commentator and journalist. Pereira first rose to national notoriety in the early 2000s as a member of the Portuguese comedy group Gato Fedorento.
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Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
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- Catholic priestpoliticianCatholic bishop
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Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, SDB, commonly known as Carlos Belo or Ximenes Belo is an East Timorese prelate of the Catholic Church. He became a bishop in 1988 and served as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Díli from 1988 to 2002. In 1996, he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with José Ramos-Horta for working "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor". He is a professed member of the Salesians.
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Paulo Portas
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- politicianjournalisttelevision presenter
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Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas is a Portuguese media and political figure, who has, since the 1990s, been one of Portugal's leading conservative politicians. He was the leader of one of Portugal's right-wing parties, the CDS – People's Party (CDS-PP) from 1998 to 2005 and 2007–2016, on whose lists he was elected to the Portuguese Parliament in every legislative election between 1995 and 2015. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal from 2013 to 2015, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2013, and Minister of Defence from 2002 to 2005, all three times in coalitions of the PSD and his CDS-PP. Portas withdrew from politics in 2016.
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José Tolentino de Mendonça
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- Catholic bishoppoetLatin Catholic priesttheologianwriter
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José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça TOSD, ComSE, ComIH is a Portuguese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. A theologian and university professor, he is also regarded as one of the most original voices of modern Portuguese literature and a Catholic intellectual. His work includes poetry, essays and plays that he signs José Tolentino Mendonça.
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Paulo Rangel
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- writerpolitician
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Paulo Artur dos Santos Castro de Campos Rangel is a Portuguese jurist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.
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Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente
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- Catholic bishopwriterpatriarchpriestCatholic priest
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Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente, GCC, officially Manuel III, is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Metropolitan Patriarch of Lisbon from 2013 to 2023 and a cardinal since 14 February 2015. He has been a bishop since 1999 and was Bishop of Porto from 2007 to 2013.
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Kumba Ialá
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- 1953-2014 (aged 61)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kumba Ialá Embaló, also spelled Yalá, was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was president from 17 February 2000 until he was deposed in a bloodless military coup on 14 September 2003. He belonged to the Balanta ethnic group and was President of the Social Renewal Party (PRS). In 2008 he converted to Islam and took the name Mohamed Ialá Embaló. He was the founder of the Party for Social Renewal. In 2014, Ialá died from a cardiopulmonary arrest.
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Adolfo Mesquita Nunes
- Enrolled in the Catholic University of Portugal
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Adolfo Miguel Baptista Mesquita Nunes is a Portuguese jurist and politician. While part of CDS – People's Party, he served as Member of the Assembly of the Republic from 2011 to 2013, and as Secretary of State for Tourism in Pedro Passos Coelho's first and second governments from 2013 to 2015.
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José Pinto Coelho
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- politician
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José de Almeida e Vasconcelos Pinto Coelho is a Portuguese far-right and nationalist politician, president of the Rise Up (former National Renewal Party) since 2005.
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Domingos Simoes Pereira
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- 1963-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- politiciancivil engineer
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Domingos Simões Pereira is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 2014 to August 2015. He previously served as Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth, from 2008 to 2012.
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Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar
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- politicianCatholic priestjournalistCatholic bishop
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Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church who has been bishop of Setúbal since 2023. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Patriarchate of Lisbon from 2019 to 2023 and headed the organization responsible for planning World Youth Day in August 2023.
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Vítor Gaspar
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- politicianeconomist
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Vítor Louçã Rabaça Gaspar, GCIH is a Portuguese economist and former politician, who served as Minister of Finance and Minister of State in the XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal from 21 June 2011 until his resignation on 2 July 2013.
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António Pires de Lima
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- politicianeconomist
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António de Magalhães Pires de Lima, usually known as António Pires de Lima, is a Portuguese economist, business administrator and politician. He served as Minister of Economy of Portugal between 2013 and 2015 in the Pedro Passos Coelho cabinet. He was CEO of Sumol + Compal and Unicer. He is a founding partner of Horizon Equity Partners, a Portuguese investment management and private equity firm. In 2021, Pires de Lima left the CDS-PP party after decades of prominent membership which included positions as party vice president under the leadership of Paulo Portas, member of parliament (MP) and head of the Portuguese Ministry of Economy. He currently is the CEO of Brisa - Autoestradas de Portugal.
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José Alberto Azeredo Lopes
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- university teacherpolitician
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José Alberto de Azeredo Lopes is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of National Defence from November 2015 to October 2018.
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Miguel Frasquilho
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- politicianeconomist
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Miguel Reis Antunes Frasquilho is a Portuguese economist, politician, and executive, currently serving as Chairman of the Board of TAP Air Portugal, Portugal's flag carrier airline. He also serves on the Olympic Committee of Portugal.
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António Leitão Amaro
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- politician
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António Egrejas Leitão Amaro is a Portuguese jurist and politician. He has been Minister of Presidency since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.
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Edgar Silva
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- politician
- Biography
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Edgar Freitas Gomes da Silva is a Portuguese politician and former Catholic priest. He is known for having been a bitter dissident from the Portuguese Catholic hierarchy.
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Manuel Lobo Antunes
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- diplomatpolitician
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Manuel Lobo Antunes GCIH ComM is a Portuguese diplomat and former politician who serves as the current Permanent Representative of Portugal at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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Paulo Núncio
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- politician
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Paulo de Faria Lynce Núncio is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, who was Secretary of State for Fiscal Affairs of Portugal from 2011 and 2015.
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Isabel Capeloa Gil
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- 1965-.. (age 60)
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- cultural studies scholaruniversity teacherman of letterssocial scientistliterary scholar
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Isabel Capeloa Gil is the 6th Rector of the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP) and President of the International Federation of Catholic Universities. She is a Full Professor of Culture Studies at the School of Human Sciences. She studied in Lisbon (University of Lisbon), Munich (Ludwig Maximilian University) and University of Chicago and holds a PhD in German Studies from UCP. Previously, she was Vice-Rector for Research and Internationalization (2012–2016) and the Dean of the School of Human Sciences (2005–2012), of the Catholic University of Portugal.
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Joana Vicente
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- film directorfilm produceractor
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Joana Vicente is a Portuguese independent movie producer and executive. A prominent figure in the New York film industry, Vicente has produced over forty films with her producing partner and husband Jason Kliot. In 1999 Vicente and Kliot produced Tony Bui's feature debut, Three Seasons, which took the three top awards at the Sundance Film Festival, including the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize. Vicente and Kliot have since worked with directors such as Steven Soderbergh, Brian De Palma, Hal Hartley, Nicole Holofcener, Jim Jarmusch, and Alex Gibney.
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Zacarias da Costa
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- diplomatpolitician
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Zacarias Albano da Costa is an East Timorese politician and diplomat. On 8 August 2007, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs following the 2007 parliamentary election. Before being appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Minister da Costa was a Member of Parliament and Leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Bench at the Parliament. In addition to his ministerial role, he is currently Chairman of the National Council of the PSD.
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Margarida Balseiro Lopes
- Enrolled in the Catholic University of Portugal
- 2011-2014 graduated with master's degree in management and legal science
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- tax advisorpoliticianjurist
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Ana Margarida Balseiro de Sousa Lopes is a Portuguese jurist and politician. She was a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal as a member of the liberal-conservative Social Democratic Party (PSD) and a former president of Social Democratic Youth (JSD), the youth wing of the PSD. Following the 2024 national election she was appointed as Minister of Youth and Modernization by the Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro.
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Nuno Brás da Silva Martins
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Dom Nuno Brás da Silva Martins, most often referred to simply as Dom Nuno Brás, is a Portuguese Catholic bishop and current bishop of Funchal, Madeira.
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Nuno da Silva Gonçalves
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- writerhistorianCatholic priestteacher
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Nuno da Silva Gonçalves, S.J. is a Portuguese Catholic priest and member of the Jesuits. On September 1, 2016 he succeeded François-Xavier Dumortier as rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. In October 2023, he succeeded Antonio Spadaro as editor of the Jesuit periodical La Civiltà Cattolica. He is the first non-Italian to hold this post.
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Hélder Sousa Silva
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- politician
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Hélder António Guerra de Sousa Silva is a Portuguese engineer and politician, from the Social Democratic Party. Between 2013 and 2024, he served as Mayor of Mafra. He was also a member of the Assembly of the Republic, between 2011 and 2013, elected by the Lisbon constituency.
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Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho
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- university teacherpolitician
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Maria do Rosário Valente Rebelo Pinto Palma Ramalho is a Portuguese professor and politician. She has been Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.
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Maria de Jesus dos Reis Ferreira
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- 20th Century
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- diplomat
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Maria de Jesus dos Reis Ferreira is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Permanent Representative of Angola to the United Nations. She was also Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Slovakia, while serving as Permanent Representative of Angola to the Office of the United Nations in Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Comprehensive Nuclear‑Test‑Ban Treaty Organization.
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António José Cavaco Carrilho
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Dom António José Cavaco Carrilho GOIH who identifies himself as António Carrilho and is officially António III, is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Funchal between 2007 and January 2018.
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Patrícia Dantas
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- 1972-.. (age 53)
- Enrolled in the Catholic University of Portugal
- 1998-1998 graduated with postgraduate degree in finance
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- politicianeconomist
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Patrícia Dantas is a Mozambique-born Portuguese economist and politician. A member of the centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD), she was elected to the Assembly of the Republic in January 2022, as a representative of the Madeira constituency.
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Moisés de Lemos Martins
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- academic
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Moisés de Lemos Martins is a full professor at the Department of Communication Sciences, University of Minho. He is the Director of CECS – the Communication and Society Research Centre, which he founded in 2001, and of the Virtual Museum of Lusophony, which he set up in 2017. He is also the director of the scientific journals Comunicação e Sociedade (Communication and Society), Revista Lusófona de Estudos Culturais/Lusophone Journal of Cultural Studies, and the Vista. He launched the former in 1999, the second in 2013, and the latter in 2020. He is a sociologist and communication theorist, as well as an essayist and regular contributor to the media.
