Luís Marques Guedes

Luís Marques Guedes
Minister of Regional Development
In office 30 October 2015 – 26 November 2015
Prime Minister	Pedro Passos Coelho
Preceded by	Miguel Poiares Maduro
Succeeded by	Ana Abrunhosa
Minister of the Presidency
In office 13 April 2013 – 26 November 2015
Prime Minister	Pedro Passos Coelho
Preceded by	Pedro Silva Pereira
Succeeded by	Maria Manuel Leitão Marques
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office 13 April 2013 – 30 October 2015
Prime Minister	Pedro Passos Coelho
Preceded by	Miguel Relvas
Succeeded by	Carlos Costa Neves
Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
In office 21 June 2011 – 13 April 2013
Prime Minister	Pedro Passos Coelho
Preceded by	João Tiago Silveira
Succeeded by	Tiago Antunes
Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party
In office 20 June 2008 – 11 October 2010
President	Manuela Ferreira Leite Pedro Passos Coelho
Preceded by	José Ribau Esteves
Succeeded by	Miguel Relvas
Secretary of State Assistant to the Prime Minister
In office 7 December 1993 – 28 October 1995
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded by	António Campos
Succeeded by	Joaquim Pina Moura
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 31 October 1995 – 28 March 2022
Constituency	Porto (1995–1999) Santarém (1999–2002) Lisbon (2002–2022)
Personal details
Born	(1957-08-25) 25 August 1957 Lisbon, Portugal
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse	Ana Carlota de Andrade
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Lisbon

Luís Maria de Barros Serra Marques Guedes (born 25 August 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He was Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the government of Pedro Passos Coelho, Secretary of State to the Prime Minister of Portugal, and the Government XII Undersecretary of State Assistant to the Prime Minister. He held the position of Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the Social Democratic Party, of which he has been a member since 1995. When he ceased his activities as Minister of the Presidency, in late 2015, he became President of the Parliamentary Commission on Ethics, a section of the First Commission on Fundamental Rights.

He was deputy mayor of Cascais, and was responsible for the legal departments, municipal police, and civil protection. He was also a member of the Municipal Assembly of Cascais and chairman of the Youth Institute.

He is a younger brother of Armando Marques Guedes, political scientist, anthropologist and former diplomat.

References

• Minister Of The Presidency And Parliamentary Affairs.