Domingos Duarte Lima

Domingos Duarte Lima (born in Peso da Régua, November 20, 1955) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician.

Career

Duarte Lima was awarded a degree in law by the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP), and since after that embraced a career as a lawyer and politician. He was a deputy of the Assembleia da República from 1983 to 1995, from 1998 to 2002, and again from 2005 to 2009. He was also vice-president of the National Political Committee of the party where he is affiliated, the PSD, from 1989 to 1991, and was the leader of the party's Parliamentary Group at the Assembleia da República, from 1991 to 1994, before José Pacheco Pereira had been appointed in 1994. He survived leukemia, and after that became one of the founders of the APCL - Associação Portuguesa Contra a Leucemia (Portuguese Association Against Leukemia). He was also appointed a member of the ethical commission of the Instituto Português de Oncologia (oncology hospital) at Lisbon. He is also a noted musician who studied at the Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa (Gregorian Institute of Lisbon), organist and singer of the Igreja de São João de Deus (a church), in Lisbon, and a conductor of the choir of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

Rosalina Ribeiro murder

Rosalina Ribeiro was the secretary and lover of Portuguese industrialist Tomás Feteira for about 30 years. Tomás Feteira died in 2000. In December 2010, Rosalina was murdered in Brazil. According to the Portuguese newspaper i, a complaint against Duarte Lima was filed by Feteira’s heirs, related to the fate of the money from the legacy of the Portuguese millionaire. Money was in Switzerland and have been transferred to the lawyer's bill by Rosalina Ribeiro. The daughter of Tomás Feteira, Olímpia Feteira, the Portuguese businessman who died ten years before and whose fortune has been partly diverted by the former secretary and companion (though murdered at the end of 2010, in Brazil), said that the lawyer Domingos Duarte Lima had received in 2001, in five transfers, more than 5.2 million. That money, according to the daughter of the entrepreneur, may be part of the many millions who disappeared from his father's accounts in Switzerland. The heirs to the industry tycoon who died in 2000, found it odd that the lawyer could receive fees in excess of 5.2 million euros (this is the sum of five transfers from banks in Switzerland) and ensures that there is much more money diverted from other accounts and other countries. Rosalina Ribeiro lost an action in a Brazilian court, where she claimed part of the fortune on the grounds that she lived maritally with the businessman. However, the court dismissed her claims. The daughter of the businessman wanted since then to know why the father's accounts were handled by his former secretary and questioned the fate of the money that should exceed 30 million euros. In December 7, 2010, Duarte Lima, who represented Rosalina Ribeiro, moved to Rio de Janeiro to have a working meeting with her. In principle they would handle issues related to the assets of the former secretary. They dined together, and 15 minutes after they separated in a deserted spot where Rosalina will request to be taken. The woman, who was 74 years old, was eventually shot. She died with two bullets in the chest and one in the head. The gun used was a .38 caliber revolver. Duarte Lima stated that only came to have knowledge of the death of Rosalina in December 21, 2010, at a time that he was already in London and was preparing to travel to Hong Kong.