José Pacheco Pereira
José Álvaro Machado Pacheco Pereira, (born 6 January 1949 in Porto) is a Portuguese political commentator, historian and politician. He is a member of the center-right Social Democratic Party. Biography. He was born in Porto and graduated in Philosophy from Porto University, after having attended Law in Lisbon University. He was born to parents Álvaro Gonçalo de Lima Pacheco Pereira (born 4 August 1921 in Porto, Bonfim), related to the Lords of Aveloso by bastard line, and Maria Celina Machado (5 July 1921 in Porto – 1997). He was a member of the Communist Party of Portugal  (Marxist-Leninist) prior to the 25 April 1974 revolution. He left the far-left in 1976. He later became a member of the center-right Social Democratic Party, and was a Deputy (i.e. Member) of the Portuguese Parliament for three mandates and Member and Vice-President of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004. He is a regular columnist in the written press ("Público" newspaper and "Sábado" magazine) and television pundit ("SIC Notícias" news channel). He also teaches at "Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa" (ISCTE). Pacheco Pereira has mixed conservative and liberal political and social views . He supported Iraq War in 2003, like most of his party. He supports abortion but opposes gay marriage, which he believes promotes homophobia. He is against adoption by same-sex couples. He already stated several times that the Portuguese Constitution should drop the prohibition of fascist parties. Personal life. He married in Porto on 7 November 1975 Isabel Maria de Seabra Correia Soares, born at São Vicente de Pereira Jusã, Ovar, on 11 September 1949, daughter of Manuel Correia Soares and wife Maria Ludovina Correia de Seabra, and has one son, José Gonçalo Soares Pacheco Pereira, born in Porto in  1985. He lives in Marmeleira, Rio Maior. Translations. He has translated the works: