Honório Novo Explained

Honório Novo
Office1:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start1:28 September 1994
Term End1:19 July 1999
Constituency1:Portugal
Office2:Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Term Start2:25 October 1999
Term End2:24 July 2013
Constituency2:Porto
Birth Name:José Honório Faria Gonçalves Novo
Birth Date:24 October 1950
Nationality:Portuguese
Party:Portuguese Communist Party
Alma Mater:University of Porto
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Electrical engineer, teacher

José Honório Faria Gonçalves Novo (born 24 October 1950, in Barcelos) is a Portuguese politician and a retired secondary school teacher, member of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP).

As a student, he belonged to the Choir of Letters of the University of Porto, and whose board came to chair. Furthermore, he was also chairman of the board of Theatrical Culture Circle – Experimental Theatre of Porto. He earned a degree in electrical engineering and later became a high-school teacher.

With regard to his political career, he was elected a deputy of the Assembly of the Republic for the PCP in the VIII, IX, X, XI and XII legislatures, having resigned to his parliamentary seat on 24 July 2013.[1] Between 1990 and 1994, he was an alderman (vereador) in the Municipal Chamber of Vila Nova de Gaia and, later, in 1994, he became a Member of the European Parliament, where he served for 5 years. After leaving the European Parliament, he was elected as councillor to the Municipal Chamber of Matosinhos, where he was alderman between 2001 and 2009. He was awarded the Municipal Medal of Merit from the Municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia.[2]

Divorced, he has two daughters, their names Mariana (graduated in Veterinary Medicine) and Sofia (bachelor of arts in music from the Conservatory of Antwerp).

Notes and References

  1. News: Catarina Sampaio Rolim . 24 July 2013 . Honório Novo despediu-se do Parlamento . . publico.pt . Portuguese . . 19 October 2017.
  2. Web site: Biografia (Honório Novo) . parlamento.pt . Portuguese . . 19 October 2017.