Francisco Anacleto Louçã (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃku loˈsɐ̃]; born 12 November 1956 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese economist and politician, first elected in 1999. He is the son of António Seixas Louçã, who commanded a ship on the Tagus River during the Carnation Revolution, and wife Noémia da Rocha Neves Anacleto (born 1931), a lawyer.
Louçã was an active opponent of the pre-democracy regime and who more recently helped found the left-win...
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Francisco Anacleto Louçã (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃku loˈsɐ̃]; born 12 November 1956 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese economist and politician, first elected in 1999. He is the son of António Seixas Louçã, who commanded a ship on the Tagus River during the Carnation Revolution, and wife Noémia da Rocha Neves Anacleto (born 1931), a lawyer.
Louçã was an active opponent of the pre-democracy regime and who more recently helped found the left-wing party Left Bloc (Portuguese: Bloco de Esquerda) in 1999. He became a member of the Revolutionary Socialist Party in 1979.
He is a Professor of Economics in Lisbon's Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão ("Higher Institute of Economics and Management"), which belongs to the Technical University of Lisbon and a member of the Portuguese Parliament since 1999.
He is also the author of several books and scientific articles on the history of economic thought, the dynamics of complex adaptive systems and the nature of long-term techno-economic...
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