Nuno Krus Abecasis
Portuguese politician and engineer (1929-1999)
Nuno Krus Abecasis (24 October 1924 – 14 April 1999) was a Portuguese politician who served as Mayor of Lisbon from 1979 until 1989.
Biography
Abecasis was born in Faro in 1924. He studied engineering in Instituto Superior Técnico. During his youth he was a member of the Portuguese Catholic Action, a Catholic organization founded by Cardinal Manuel Cerejeira, close friend of António de Oliveira Salazar.
After the Carnation Revolution, he first joined the Christian Democratic Party, joining later the Democratic and Social Center. He became a Member of the Assembly of the Republic after being elected in 1976. He was the Secretary of State for Industries between February and August 1978.
In 1979, he was the Democratic Alliance's candidate for Mayor of Lisbon. He defeated incumbent Socialist Mayor Aquilino Ribeiro Machado with 46.7% of the votes, winning an absolute majority of the seats. He was later reelected in 1982 with 41.3% of the votes, losing his majority.
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