Joaquim Miranda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Portuguese politician
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Place of Birth: Portalegre, Portalegre District, Portugal
About Joaquim Miranda
- Joaquim Miranda (7 September 1950 – 17 June 2006) was a Portuguese economist and politician, a former member of the Portuguese Parliament and of the European Parliament.
- He was born in Portalegre, in the southern region of Alentejo. Joaquim Miranda was a member of the Portuguese Communist Party since the 1970s, and was elected to several political jobs.
- Between 1979 and 1985, he was an alderman in the Municipal Chamber of his hometown, Portalegre.
- Between 1980 and 1986, he was also a member of the Portuguese Parliament. Inside the Portuguese Communist Party, Miranda was a member of the Central Committee and of the Regional Committee of Portalegre.
- In his last years, he left the Central Committee and became a member of the reformist group Renovação Comunista, which criticizes the Party's political orientation.
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