Luís Marques Guedes

Luís Marques Guedes
Minister of Regional Development
In office
30 October 2015 – 26 November 2015
Prime MinisterPedro Passos Coelho
Preceded byMiguel Poiares Maduro
Succeeded byAna Abrunhosa
Minister of the Presidency
In office
13 April 2013 – 26 November 2015
Prime MinisterPedro Passos Coelho
Preceded byPedro Silva Pereira
Succeeded byMaria Manuel Leitão Marques
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office
13 April 2013 – 30 October 2015
Prime MinisterPedro Passos Coelho
Preceded byMiguel Relvas
Succeeded byCarlos Costa Neves
Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
In office
21 June 2011 – 13 April 2013
Prime MinisterPedro Passos Coelho
Preceded byJoão Tiago Silveira
Succeeded byTiago Antunes
Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party
In office
20 June 2008 – 11 October 2010
PresidentManuela Ferreira Leite
Pedro Passos Coelho
Preceded byJosé Ribau Esteves
Succeeded byMiguel Relvas
Secretary of State Assistant to the Prime Minister
In office
7 December 1993 – 28 October 1995
Prime MinisterAníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded byAntónio Campos
Succeeded byJoaquim Pina Moura
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
31 October 1995 – 28 March 2022
ConstituencyPorto (1995–1999)
Santarém (1999–2002)
Lisbon (2002–2022)
Personal details
Born (1957-08-25) 25 August 1957 (age 67)
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partySocial Democratic Party
SpouseAna Carlota de Andrade
Children2
Alma materUniversity 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.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party
2008–2010 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
António Campos (1985)
 Assistant Secretary of State to the Prime Minister
1993–1995 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
2011–2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded byas Minister of the Presidency Minister of the Presidency and Parliamentary Affairs
2013–2015 		Succeeded by
Himself
as Minister of the Presidency and Regional Development
Preceded byas Assistant Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Succeeded byas Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Preceded by
Himself
as Minister of the Presidency and Parliamentary Affairs 		Minister of the Presidency and Regional Development
2015 		Succeeded byas Minister of the Presidency and Administrative Modernization
Preceded byas Minister of Regional Development Succeeded byas Minister of Territorial Cohesion