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The Corporative Chamber ( Portuguese: Câmara Corporativa) was one of the two parliamentary chambers established under the Portuguese Constitution of 1933, the other being the National Assembly. Unlike the directly elected National Assembly, it had a purely consultative, rather than legislative role.
The creation of the Corporative Chamber was part of corporatist philosophy advocated by Salazar and adopted by the Estado Novo. Its function was to represent the various economic, cultural, social, and other corporations.
The Corporative Chamber met in the former Senate chamber of the São Bento Palace. It was composed of members elected by the various types of Portuguese corporations, including:
The presidents of the Corporative Chamber were the following from 1935 to 1974: [1]
Term | No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
I | 1 |
Eduardo Augusto Marques (1867–1944) |
10 January 1935 | 10 June 1944 | 9 years, 152 days | National Union | |
II | |||||||
III | |||||||
2 |
Domingos Fezas Vital (1888–1953) |
25 November 1944 | 25 November 1946 | 2 years, 0 days | National Union | ||
IV | |||||||
3 |
José Gabriel Pinto Coelho (1886–1978) |
25 November 1946 | 25 November 1949 | 3 years, 0 days | National Union | ||
V | 4 |
Marcelo Caetano (1906–1980) |
25 November 1949 | 8 July 1955 | 5 years, 225 days | National Union | |
VI | |||||||
5 |
João Pinto da Costa Leite (1905–1975) |
28 November 1955 | 28 November 1957 | 2 years, 0 days | National Union | ||
VII | 6 |
Luís Supico Pinto (1909–1990) |
28 November 1957 | 16 November 1973 | 15 years, 353 days |
National Union (renamed People's National Action in 1970) | |
VIII | |||||||
IX | |||||||
X | |||||||
XI | 7 |
Mário Júlio de Almeida Costa (born 1927) |
16 November 1973 | 25 April 1974 | 160 days | People's National Action |
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The Corporative Chamber ( Portuguese: Câmara Corporativa) was one of the two parliamentary chambers established under the Portuguese Constitution of 1933, the other being the National Assembly. Unlike the directly elected National Assembly, it had a purely consultative, rather than legislative role.
The creation of the Corporative Chamber was part of corporatist philosophy advocated by Salazar and adopted by the Estado Novo. Its function was to represent the various economic, cultural, social, and other corporations.
The Corporative Chamber met in the former Senate chamber of the São Bento Palace. It was composed of members elected by the various types of Portuguese corporations, including:
The presidents of the Corporative Chamber were the following from 1935 to 1974: [1]
Term | No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
I | 1 |
Eduardo Augusto Marques (1867–1944) |
10 January 1935 | 10 June 1944 | 9 years, 152 days | National Union | |
II | |||||||
III | |||||||
2 |
Domingos Fezas Vital (1888–1953) |
25 November 1944 | 25 November 1946 | 2 years, 0 days | National Union | ||
IV | |||||||
3 |
José Gabriel Pinto Coelho (1886–1978) |
25 November 1946 | 25 November 1949 | 3 years, 0 days | National Union | ||
V | 4 |
Marcelo Caetano (1906–1980) |
25 November 1949 | 8 July 1955 | 5 years, 225 days | National Union | |
VI | |||||||
5 |
João Pinto da Costa Leite (1905–1975) |
28 November 1955 | 28 November 1957 | 2 years, 0 days | National Union | ||
VII | 6 |
Luís Supico Pinto (1909–1990) |
28 November 1957 | 16 November 1973 | 15 years, 353 days |
National Union (renamed People's National Action in 1970) | |
VIII | |||||||
IX | |||||||
X | |||||||
XI | 7 |
Mário Júlio de Almeida Costa (born 1927) |
16 November 1973 | 25 April 1974 | 160 days | People's National Action |