Aureliano Veloso

Aureliano Capelo Pires Veloso (25 February 1924 – 12 June 2019) was a Portuguese Socialist Party politician.

Aureliano Veloso
Born(1924-02-25)25 February 1924
Folgosinho, Portugal
Died(2019-06-12)12 June 2019
OfficeMayor of Porto
Political partyPortuguese Socialist Party

He was born in Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda District. In 1950 he graduated in Industrial Chemical Engineering from the University of Porto. He was the first democratically elected mayor of Porto in 1976, after the Carnation Revolution of 1974, and served until 1980.[1] In January 2011, he was unanimously awarded the Medal of the City by the council.[2]

He was the older brother of António Pires Veloso (1926–2014), a general who was the last colonial governor of São Tomé and Príncipe and became known as "Viceroy of the North" for his power over Northern Portugal after the Carnation Revolution.[3] He was the father of Rui Veloso (born 1957), a singer-songwriter.[4]

References
  1. Amorim, Miguel (12 June 2019). "Morreu Aureliano Veloso, pai de Rui Veloso e primeiro presidente da Câmara do Porto" [Aureliano Veloso, father of Rui Veloso and first Mayor of Porto, dies]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  2. "Câmara aprovou medalhas para bispo do Porto e Aureliano Veloso" [City council approved medals for Bishop of Porto and Aureliano Veloso] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. Botelho, Leonete (17 August 2014). "Morreu Pires Veloso, o "vice-rei do Norte"" [Pires Veloso, the "Viceroy of the North", dies]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  4. Martinho, Maria (12 June 2019). "Morreu Aureliano Veloso, antigo presidente da Câmara do Porto e pai de Rui Veloso" [Aureliano Veloso, former mayor of Porto and father of Rui Veloso, dies]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2021.


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