Personal data
Name: António Alves Marques Júnior
Date of birth: 03/07/1946
Married, one daughter
Qualifications
Degree in Military Science - Military Academy
Work experience
Member of Parliament (1985-2011)
Member of the Council of the Revolution (1975-1982)
Army Officer (1971-1985)
Current positions
Chairman of the Council for the Oversight of the Intelligence System of the Portuguese Republic elected by the Assembly of the Republic
Parliamentary Assembly Member of the National Committee of the Socialist Party
Previous positions
Member of Parliament in the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11st legislatures
Vice-president of the Assembly of the Republic
Member of the Standing Committee and of the Board of the Assembly of the Republic Member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees and on the Committee on National Defence (coordinator of the Socialist Parliamentary Group)
Member of the Committee on Constitutional Revision (2nd and 8th revision) and of the Committee on Parliamentary Reform
Member of several committees of inquiry
Member of the Superior Council for National Defence
Member of the Council of the Portuguese Honorific Orders, appointed by the President of the Republic
Member of the Parliamentary Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Member of the Strategic Reflexion Group of the Minister for National Defence, in the 11th and 12th Constitutional Governments
Member of the Council for the Oversight of the Intelligence System of the Portuguese Republic elected by the Assembly of the Republic (1986-1994 and 2004-2008)
Leading member of the Democratic Renewal Party (1985-1991)
Parliamentary Assembly Member of the Political and National Committee of the Socialist Party
Military experience
Army Officer in the Infantry Practical School Commission in Angola (1971-1973)
Member of the Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces Movement - MFA
Member of the Revolutionary Council (1975-1982), chairing several committees, namely the Committee of Inquiry into the events of the 25th of November 1975 and of the First National Committee for the celebration of the 25th of April and the Portuguese Communities
Decorations and Commendations
Grand Cross of the Order of Freedom, and other military and civilian decorations: a special mention is made to the fact that he was the first military, representing the militaries of the 25th of April, to be awarded this distinction.
Additional training
Course of National Defence Auditors (1981)
Attendance of an Economics Degree Course – School of Economics and Management – ISEG (1981-1985)
Attendance of the Army General Staff Course – Institute of Higher Military Studies