António Almeida Henriques | |
Birth Name: | António Joaquim Almeida Henriques |
Birth Date: | 5 May 1961 |
Birth Place: | Viseu, Portugal |
Death Place: | Viseu, Portugal |
Nationality: | Portuguese |
Party: | Social Democratic Party |
Office: | Mayor of Viseu |
Term Start: | 22 October 2013 |
Term End: | 4 April 2021 |
Predecessor: | Fernando Ruas |
Successor: | Conceição Azevedo |
Term Start2: | 25 May 2002 |
Term End2: | 28 June 2011 |
Office1: | Secretary of State for Economy and Regional Development |
Termstart1: | 21 June 2011 |
Termend1: | 13 April 2013 |
Primeminister1: | Pedro Passos Coelho |
Constituency2: | Viseu |
Children: | 3 |
António Joaquim Almeida Henriques (5 May 1961 – 4 April 2021) was a Portuguese politician and lawyer. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served as Mayor of Viseu from 2013 until his death in 2021, and as a member of the Assembly of the Republic from 2002 to 2011. He served as Deputy State Secretary for Economy and Regional Development in the XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal from 2011 to 2013. He was also vice-president of the from 2005 to 2010.
António Almeida Henriques died of COVID-19 in Viseu, on 4 April 2021, at the age of 59.[1]