João Dias (politician)

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.

João Dias
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
1 March 2018 – 25 March 2024
Preceded byJoão Ramos
ConstituencyBeja
Member of the Municipal Assembly of Beja
In office
18 October 2017 – 18 October 2021
Personal details
Born
João Manuel Ildefonso Dias

(1973-07-16) 16 July 1973 (age 51)
Serpa, Portugal
Political partyPortuguese Communist Party
Other political
affiliations
Unitary Democratic Coalition
OccupationNurse

Early life

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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

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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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Electoral history of João Dias
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2015 legislative[7] Beja Portuguese Communist Party Unitary Democratic Coalition 3 Not elected
2017 local[12] Beja Municipal Assembly Portuguese Communist Party Unitary Democratic Coalition 1 Elected
2019 legislative[9] Beja Portuguese Communist Party Unitary Democratic Coalition 1 Elected
2022 legislative[10] Beja Portuguese Communist Party Unitary Democratic Coalition 1 Elected
2024 legislative[11] Beja Portuguese Communist Party Unitary Democratic Coalition 1 Not elected

Personal life

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Deputados: Biografia - João Dias" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Deputado do PCP por Beja João Ramos substituído por João Dias em março". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. Lusa News Agency. 5 January 2018. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Deputados: Registo de Interesses - João Dias - Legislatura XIV" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Primeiros Candidatos às Eleições para a Assembleia da República de 2019" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Portuguese Communist Party. 26 June 2019. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  5. ^ "João Dias é o mandatário da candidatura da CDU no concelho de Beja" (in Portuguese). Beja, Portugal: Radio Pax. 18 June 2021. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Deputados: Registo de Interesses - João Dias - Legislatura XV" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. Archived from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Candidatos". Eleições legislativas 2015 4 outubro (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Ministry of Internal Administration. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Série I - Reunião Plenária de 22 de Fevereiro de 2018" (PDF). Diário da Assembleia da República (in Portuguese). Vol. XIII/3.a, no. 51. Lisbon, Portugal. 23 February 2018. p. 60. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Candidatos". Eleições legislativas 2019 6 de outubro (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Ministry of Internal Administration. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Candidatos". Eleições legislativas 30 de janeiro de 2022 (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Ministry of Internal Administration. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Candidatos". Eleições legislativas 10 de março de 2024 (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Ministry of Internal Administration. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  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" (PDF). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Vol. 2017, no. 231. Lisbon, Portugal. 30 November 2017. pp. 6502-(76). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via National Elections Commission.