João Dias (politician) explained

João Dias
Office1:Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Constituency1:Beja
Term Start1:1 March 2018
Term End1:25 March 2024
Predecessor1:João Ramos
Office2:Member of the Municipal Assembly of Beja
Term Start2:18 October 2017
Term End2:18 October 2021
Birth Name:João Manuel Ildefonso Dias
Birth Date:16 July 1973
Birth Place:Serpa, Portugal
Party:Portuguese Communist Party
Otherparty:Unitary Democratic Coalition
Occupation:Nurse

João Manuel Ildefonso Dias (born 16 July 1973) is a Portuguese politician and former member of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. A communist, he represented Beja from March 2018 to March 2024.

Early life

Dias was born on 16 July 1973 in Serpa.[1] [2] He has a degree in nursing and post-graduate qualifications in rehabilitation nursing and wound treatment and tissue viability.[1]

Career

Dias was a nurse by profession.[1] He was a nurse at the Unidade Local de Saúde do Baixo Alentejo (ULSBA) from 1996 to 2018.[2] [3] He also worked at the Unidade de Cuidados Continuados do Centro de Saúde de Beja.[4] [5] He was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Évora (2012 to 2018), University of Coimbra (2018 to 2018) and Escola Superior de Enfermagem São José de Cluny (2015).[2] [3] He also taught at the Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha (2017) and Escola Superior de Saúde Lopes Dias (2016 to 2018).[3] He has worked with the Portuguese Red Cross, the University of Minho and the Castelo Branco Polytechnic Institute.[2]

Dias has been active in politics since 1996 and is a board member of the Portuguese Communist Party's Beja branch.[2] [4] He was a member of the municipal council in Beja from 2017 to 2021.[6] At the 2015 legislative election Dias was placed third in the Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)'s list of candidates in Beja but the alliance only won a single seat in the constituency.[7] He was appointed to the Assembly as permanent member in March 2018 following the resignation of João Ramos.[2] [8] He was re-elected at the 2019 and 2022 legislative elections.[9] [10] At the 2024 legislative election Dias was placed first in the CDU's list of candidates in Beja but the alliance failed to win any seats in the constituency.[11]

Electoral history

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Constituencyscope=col colspan="2"Partyscope=col colspan="2"Alliancescope=colNo.scope=colResult
3 Not elected
2017 local[12] 1 Elected
1 Elected
1 Elected
1 Not elected

Personal life

Dias is married to Lina Maria Sousa dos Santos Dias.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deputados: Biografia - João Dias . 24 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240316173441/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=5524 . 16 March 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  2. News: Deputado do PCP por Beja João Ramos substituído por João Dias em março . 24 March 2024 . . . 5 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210206032436/https://www.dn.pt/lusa/deputado-do-pcp-por-beja-joao-ramos-substituido-por-joao-dias-em-marco-9026872.html/ . 6 February 2021 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  3. Web site: Deputados: Registo de Interesses - João Dias - Legislatura XIV . 24 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230601101957/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/RegInteresses_v3.aspx?BID=5524&leg=XIV . 1 June 2023 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  4. Web site: Primeiros Candidatos às Eleições para a Assembleia da República de 2019 . . 24 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210926012442/https://www.pcp.pt/primeiros-candidatos-eleicoes-para-assembleia-da-republica-de-2019 . 26 September 2021 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt . 26 June 2019.
  5. Web site: João Dias é o mandatário da candidatura da CDU no concelho de Beja . Radio Pax . 24 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230327134919/https://www.radiopax.com/joao-dias-e-o-mandatario-da-candidatura-da-cdu-no-concelho-de-beja/ . 27 March 2023 . Beja, Portugal . pt . 18 June 2021.
  6. Web site: Deputados: Registo de Interesses - João Dias - Legislatura XV . 24 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230911051005/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/RegInteresses_v5.aspx?BID=5524&leg=XV . 11 September 2023 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  7. Web site: Candidatos . Eleições legislativas 2015 4 outubro . . 24 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231209141628/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2015/candidatos.html . 9 December 2023 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  8. Série I - Reunião Plenária de 22 de Fevereiro de 2018 . Diário da Assembleia da República . 23 February 2018 . XIII/3.a . 51 . 60 . 24 March 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  9. Web site: Candidatos . Eleições legislativas 2019 6 de outubro . . 24 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 . . 24 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116151420/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2022/candidatos . 16 January 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  11. Web site: Candidatos . Eleições legislativas 10 de março de 2024 . . 24 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240311152645/https://www.legislativas2024.mai.gov.pt/candidatos . 11 March 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  12. 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-(76) . 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.

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