The Corporative Chamber () was one of the two parliamentary chambers established under the Portuguese Constitution of 1933, the other being the National Assembly. Unlike the directly elected National Assembly, it had a purely consultative, rather than legislative role.
The creation of the Corporative Chamber was part of corporatist philosophy advocated by Salazar and adopted by the Estado Novo. Its function was to represent the various economic, cultural, social, and other corporations.
The Corporative Chamber met in the former Senate chamber of the São Bento Palace. It was composed of members elected by the various types of Portuguese corporations, including:
Provinces and Municipalities; Universities and Schools; Trade Unions; Economic Organizations and Employers; Social Welfare Organizations.
Presidents The presidents of the Corporative Chamber were the following from 1935 to 1974: Alt URL
Term Portrait Name Term of office Political partyTook officeLeft officeTime in officeI 1 Eduardo Augusto Marques 10 January 1935 10 June 1944 National UnionIIIII 2 Domingos Fezas Vital 25 November 1944 25 November 1946 National UnionIV 3 José Gabriel Pinto Coelho 25 November 1946 25 November 1949 National UnionV 4 Marcelo Caetano 25 November 1949 8 July 1955 National UnionVI 5 João Pinto da Costa Leite 28 November 1955 28 November 1957 National UnionVII 6 Luís Supico Pinto 28 November 1957 16 November 1973 National UnionVIIIIXXXI 7 Mário Júlio de Almeida Costa 16 November 1973 25 April 1974 People's National Action
See also Chamber of Fasces and Corporations António Júlio de Castro Fernandes
External links Latin fascist elites: the Mussolini, Franco, and Salazar regimes, Paul Lewis, 2002 A history of fascism, 1914-1945, Stanley G. Payne, 1996
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