Jaime Gama

(Portugal Twitter)-Jaime José de Matos da Gama, GCC, GCIH, GCL, GCMG (born Senhora da Rosa, Fajã de Baixo, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, 8 June 1947), is a Portuguese politician.

Family

He married in Lisbon on 18 September 1971 Alda Taborda and has one son, João Taborda da Gama, Licentiate in Law, Lawyer and Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon specialized in Financial and Fiscal Law.

Career

He graduated as a Licentiate in Philosophy from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon. He was involved in the opposition to the fascist Estado Novo (New State) regime, since his youth, and was first arrested, aged only 18, due to an article published in the local press. He was a member of the socialist CEUD in the campaign for the 1969 legislative elections, won by the National Union (the regime party), due to massive fraud. He was a journalist of the opposition newspaper República, in the last years of the fascist regime.

Background

He is a son of Jaime da Rosa Ferreira da Gama (Matriz, Horta, Faial, Azores, January 1914 – Lisbon, 29 July 2003) and wife Lucília Vaz do Rego de Matos (São Sebastião, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, 12 September 1916 – Hospital Militar, Estrela, Lisbon, 21 September 1987).

Decorations

He was awarded with the Grand Crosses of the Order of Christ, the Order of Prince Henry (Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique), the Order of Liberty and the Order of St Michael and St George.