Career
De Abreu"s Quemical Engineer by Technical Superior Institute and made several post-graduations in management fields. He joined the Portuguese Communist Party in 1969. He was elected twice as leader of the student association and was persecuted by the political police PIDE. After that he became responsible for the Intellectual sector of the Party and for several local organizations in the Porto district since the Revolution until 1978.
After that he was responsible for several party organizations, such as Intellectual Sector, in Lisbon.
He later became an alderman in Lisbon, after being elected in a coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party and the Portuguese Socialist Party. He was responsible for Education, Youth and Urban Reestruturation in the City Council (1993-2001).
On 14 January 2001, Abreu was the Party"s candidate to the Presidential election. He was natural parks manager in Sintra and worked in new hospitals projects (2003-2009) He is a consultor dedicated to management of projects.
2001 Portuguese presidential election.
