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Portuguese politician
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25 September 1962(Funchal, Madeira, Portugal)
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Catholic University of Portugal
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Biography
Introduction
Edgar Freitas Gomes da Silva (born 25 September 1962, in Funchal, São Martinho) is a Portuguese politician and former Catholic priest. He is known for having been a bitter dissident from the Portuguese Catholic hierarchy.
Edgar Silva is a licenciate in Theology and holds a master's degree in Systematic Theology from the Catholic University of Portugal. He has been a militant of the Portuguese Communist Party since 1997, and also a member of its Central Committee since 10 December 2000.
He was a candidate to the 2016 presidential election.
Works
Among his published books, there can be found works on social and human development issues such as:
- Os instrangeiros na Madeira. Funchal: Edgar Silva, 2005. ISBN 972-8246-85-4.
- Madeira, tempo perdido. Funchal: Edgar Silva, 2007. ISBN 978-972-8246-98-3.
- Os bichos da Corte do Ogre usam máscaras de riso. 2010.
- Silva, Edgar; Vilarigues, Sofia (2011). Pontes de Mudança, sociedades sustentáveis e solidárias. Funchal: Antagonista. ISBN 978-989-83-3611-8.