Alfredo Maia Explained

Alfredo Maia
Office1:Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Constituency1:Porto
Term Start1:15 September 2023
Predecessor1:Manuel Loff
Office2:Member of the Municipal Assembly of Maia
Term Start2:26 October 2017
Term End2:14 October 2021
Birth Name:Manuel Alfredo da Rocha Maia
Birth Date:13 March 1962
Party:Portuguese Communist Party
Otherparty:Unitary Democratic Coalition
Occupation:Journalist

Manuel Alfredo da Rocha Maia (born 13 March 1962) is a Portuguese journalist, politician and member of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. A communist, he has represented Porto since September 2023. He had previously been a temporary substitute member of the Assembly from September 2022 to March 2023.

Maia was born on 13 March 1962.[1] He started his journalistic career at the O Primeiro de Janeiro in January 1981.[2] [3] He was a member of the paper's workers committee and editorial board.[2] [4] He joined the Jornal de Notícias in March 1988 and became coordinator of the paper's society section in 2000.[2] [5] He was a member of the paper's editorial board several times and was an elected union delegate.[2] [6] He also contributed to other media outlets including TVer, O Jornal Ilustrado, Sábado, Rádio Activ, Rádio Nova, Vértice and AbrilAbril.[2] [3]

Maia was vice-president of the Sindicato dos Jornalistas (Journalists' Union) from 1993 to 2000 and president from 2000 to 2015.[2] [3] [4] He is a substitute member of the Comissão de Apelo da Comissão da Carteira Profissional de Jornalista (Appeal Committee of the Journalist Professional Card Commission) and a member of the Comissão de Conciliação da Associação de Jornalistas e Homens de Letras do Porto *Conciliation Committee of the Association of Journalists and Men of Letters of Porto).[2] [4]

Maia was a member of the municipal councils in Maia and Porto.[4] [7] He was a candidate for the Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) at the 2015, 2019 and 2022 legislative elections in Porto but on each occasion the alliance failed to win sufficient seats in the constituency for Maia to be elected.[8] [9] [10] However, when Diana Ferreira went on maternity leave in September 2022, Maia was appointed temporarily to the Assembly for six months.[11] [12] He was appointed to the Assembly as a permanent member in September 2023 following Manuel Loff's resignation.[13] [14] He was re-elected at the 2024 legislative election.[15] [16]

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Constituencyscope=col colspan="2"Partyscope=col colspan="2"Alliancescope=colNo.scope=colResult
6 Not elected
2017 local[17] [18] 1 Elected
3 Not elected
2021 local[19] [20] 1 Not elected
13 Not elected
1 Elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deputados: Biografia - Alfredo Maia . 15 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240311160209/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=817 . 11 March 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  2. Web site: Currículo de Alfredo Maia . Sindicato dos Jornalistas . 15 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231128123129/https://jornalistas.eu/curriculo-de-alfredo-maia/ . 28 November 2023 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt . 9 January 2002.
  3. News: Autárquicas: Jornalista Alfredo Maia é candidato da CDU à Câmara da Maia . 15 March 2024 . . 7 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230610113732/https://24.sapo.pt/atualidade/artigos/autarquicas-jornalista-alfredo-maia-e-candidato-da-cdu-a-camara-da-maia . 10 June 2023 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  4. News: Lopes . Bruna . Alfredo Maia é cabeça de lista pela CDU no distrito do Porto . 15 March 2024 . Jornal da Maia . 14 December 2023 . pt.
  5. Web site: Aranha . Eduardo . Alfredo Maia: "O ambiente como área não é só complexo, é muito diversificado" . Jornalismo Porto Net . . 15 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211027030421/https://www.jpn.up.pt/2013/05/02/alfredo-maia-o-ambiente-como-area-nao-e-so-complexo-e-muito-diversificado/ . 27 October 2021 . Porto, Portugal . pt . 2 May 2013.
  6. News: Alfredo Maia é o candidato da CDU à Câmara da Maia . 16 March 2024 . . 7 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210410143124/https://www.jn.pt/local/noticias/porto/maia/alfredo-maia-e-o-candidato-da-cdu-a-camara-da-maia-13542832.html . 10 April 2021 . Porto, Lisbon . pt.
  7. Web site: CDU divulga os primeiros 15 candidatos pelo círculo eleitoral do Porto . . 15 March 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt . 5 January 2024.
  8. Web site: Candidatos . Eleições legislativas 2015 4 outubro . . 16 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231209141628/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2015/candidatos.html . 9 December 2023 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  9. Web site: Candidatos . Eleições legislativas 2019 6 de outubro . . 16 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240127183241/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2019/candidatos.html . 27 January 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  10. Web site: Candidatos . Eleições legislativas 30 de janeiro de 2022 . . 16 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116151420/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2022/candidatos . 16 January 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  11. News: Maiato Alfredo Maia substitui deputada do PCP no parlamento . 15 March 2024 . Notícias Maia . 6 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930130018/https://www.noticiasmaia.com/maiato-alfredo-maia-substitui-deputada-do-pcp-no-parlamento/ . 30 September 2023 . Maia, Portugal . pt.
  12. News: Jornalista Alfredo Maia substitui Diana Ferreira na bancada do PCP . 16 March 2024 . . . 5 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220929232012/https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/pcp/alfredo-maia/jornalista-alfredo-maia-substitui-diana-ferreira-na-bancada-do-pcp/20220905/631605210cf2f9a86eb42d4d . 29 September 2022 . pt.
  13. News: Carvalho . Hélio . Manuel Loff sai da AR e é substituído por Alfredo Maia no grupo do PCP . 15 March 2024 . Notícias ao Minuto . 6 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231130080946/https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/politica/2394440/manuel-loff-sai-da-ar-e-e-substituido-por-alfredo-maia-no-grupo-do-pcp . 30 November 2023 . Oeiras, Portugal . pt.
  14. News: PCP. Alfredo Maia, da Maia, assume lugar de Manuel Loff na Assembleia da República . 15 March 2024 . Notícias Maia . 9 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240208202620/https://www.noticiasmaia.com/pcp-alfredo-maia-da-maia-assume-lugar-de-manuel-loff-na-assembleia-da-republica/ . 8 February 2024 . Maia, Portugal . pt.
  15. Web site: Candidatos . Eleições legislativas 10 de março de 2024 . . 16 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240311152645/https://www.legislativas2024.mai.gov.pt/candidatos . 11 March 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  16. News: Eleições Legislativas 2024: Deputados Eleitos . 16 March 2024 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240312022206/https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/eleicoes/legislativas2024/deputadoseleitos . 12 March 2024 . pt.
  17. Série I - Comissão Nacional de Eleições: Mapa Oficial n.º 1-A/2017 - Mapa oficial dos resultados das eleições gerais para os órgãos das autarquias locais de 1 de outubro de 2017 . . 30 November 2017 . 2017 . 231 . 6502-(255) . 16 March 2024 . National Elections Commission . https://web.archive.org/web/20240131213554/https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/al2017_mapa_resultados.pdf . 31 January 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  18. News: AUTÁRQUICAS 2017: Lista de todos os eleitos no concelho da Maia (Oficial) . 16 March 2024 . Jornal da Maia . 2 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210730164508/https://www.jornaldamaia.pt/autarquicas-2017-lista-de-todos-os-eleitos-no-concelho-da-maia-oficial/ . 30 July 2021 . Maia, Portugal . pt.
  19. News: Lopes . Bruna . AL 2021: Todos os Candidatos à Maia . 16 March 2024 . Jornal da Maia . 27 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220820003942/https://www.jornaldamaia.pt/al-2021-todos-os-candidatos-a-maia/ . 20 August 2022 . Maia, Portugal . pt.
  20. Web site: Resultados . Eleições autárquicas 2021 26 de setembro . . 16 March 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.