Fausto Correia
Fausto de Sousa Correia was a Portuguese politician, deputy of the Portuguese Parliament, and Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists.Biography
Born and raised in Coimbra, Fausto Correia earned a degree in law from the University of Coimbra. In his early years, Correia was journalist at the newspaper República.Government of Portugal
As a member of the Portuguese Government headed by Prime-Minister António Guterres, in the early 2000s Correia played a major part in the establishment of the Loja do Cidadão, a one-stop-shop intended to improve quality in public services, and aimed to develop a new philosophy of more efficient and modern public service throughout the major cities of Portugal.He was elected as a candidate of the Socialist Party to the European Parliament in the European Parliament elections.Chairmanships
He was a former chairman of the Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F., the major football club of Coimbra, and RDP, the state-managed public radio network of Portugal.Death
He died of a heart attack on 9 October 2007, in Brussels. He had been living and working in Belgium as a member of the European Parliament since 2004.
