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 worked as a journalist, including at the newspaper República.He joined the Socialist Party in 1973. He also became a member of the Grand Orient of Portugal.
He also served as chairman of the Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F., the major football club of Coimbra, and Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the state-managed public radio network 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 2004 European Parliament elections. He continued to live and work in Belgium as a member of the European Parliament for the rest of his life.