| António Aires Rodrigues | |
| Nationality: | Portuguese |
| Native Name Lang: | pt |
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| Occupation: | Political, revolutionary |
| Birth Date: | 21 August 1945 |
| Birth Name: | António Jorge Oliveira Aires Rodrigues |
| Birth Place: | Alfarelos, Soure, Portugal |
António Jorge Oliveira Aires Rodrigues is a Portuguese militant worker and politician born in Alfarelos on 21 August 1945.[1]
During May 68, he lived in exile in Paris, where he was a worker at the Renault factory, having taken part in the uprising and the occupation of the House of Portugal together with Fernando Pereira Marques and Vasco de Castro.[2]
A member of the PS party in 1974, he was a member of the Constituent Assembly elected by Leiria.[3] [4]
In 1977, breaking with Mário Soares's Political Commission, he was expelled from the PS party, becoming an independent legislator.[5]
He founded the Workers' Party of Socialist Unity (POUS) with Carmelinda Pereira,[6] of trotskyist and lambertist inspiration.
In the 1980 Portuguese presidential election he was the POUS party candidate for President of Portugal,[7] obtaining a total of 12,745 votes.[8]