Margarida Marante
 Margarida Marante     (journalist, TV presenter) | |
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| Born | 29 June 1959 |
| Died | 5 October 2012 (Age 53) |
Cause of death | heart attack |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Portugal |
| Spouse | • Henrique Granadeiro • Emídio Rangel |
Portuguese political journalist who who was very close to Mário Soares. Went to the 1996 Bilderberg. | |
Maria Margarida Marante Rodrigues Anjos was a Portuguese political journalist[1] who was very close to Mário Soares.[2]
She attended the 1996 Bilderberg meeting.
Education
She graduated in law from the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University.
Career
In 1976 she joined the weekly Tempo. The following year she collaborated in the magazine Opção. In 1978 she joined the information of the newly created public broadcaster RTP2. The following year she moved to RTP1, where she became one of the main faces of the debate and interview program Primeira Página. From 1983 to 1985 she specialized in journalism in the United States.[3] at RTP she presented several interview programs, having also carried out reporting and received an award for a work on child abuse.
In 1989 she was invited to direct Elle magazine. In 1991 she joined TSF and became a contributor to the weekly Expresso.
In 1990, with Maria Antónia Palla and Maria Elisa Domingues, she was fired from RTP by the then general director José Eduardo Moniz.[4] The alleged reason was that they worked both in public television and had positions in the newly founded women's magazines. The three journalists took the case to court and won. But Marante, who meanwhile returned to law, decides not to return to RTP.
In 1992 she was part of the founding team of the new SIC television channel. She there presented a political current affairs program. From 1996 she launched an hour and a half program of reporting and debate on social issues, which continued until 2001. Between 2000 and 2001 she also presented a political debate program with José Sócrates, Paulo Portas and Proença De Carvalho. She left SIC in October 2001, in solidarity with Emídio Rangel, then her husband and director of the channel since its foundation, who had come into conflict with the administration and left in September.[5]
Shee returned to TSF in 2003, also conducting interviews for Noticias Magazine, the Sunday magazine of Diário de Notícias.
She was an activist of the Social Democratic Party, having joined in 1974, nominated by Francisco Pinto Balsemão, but moved away from 1980, after the assassination of Francisco Sá Carneiro in a plane crash.[2]
Between 2009 and 2010 she was director of communications for the NGO International Medical Assistance. Since 2010 she worked on the book "Portuguese in America", a project of FLAD (Luso-American Foundation for development). The book was released on December 6, 2012.[6]
Personal life
Marante was married to the businessman Henrique Granadeiro, with whom she had a son and two daughters, and whom she divorced, and to journalist Emídio Rangel[7].
She admitted to being dependent on drugs. Her cocaine addiction began with her husband Emídio Rangel.[8]
She died on October 5, 2012, of a heart attack.[9]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilderberg/1996 | 30 May 1996 | 2 June 1996 | Canada Toronto | The 44th Bilderberg, held in Canada |
References
- ↑ https://www.infopedia.pt/artigos/$margarida-marante
- ↑ a b https://expresso.pt/sociedade/gente/margarida-marante-soares-era-o-meu-talisma=f574331
- ↑ http://www.infopedia.pt/$margarida-marante
- ↑ https://expresso.pt/life_style/gente/margarida-marante-soares-era-o-meu-talisma=f574331
- ↑ https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/detalhe/emidio_rangel_sai_da_sic_pode_ir_para_a_rtp
- ↑ https://www.flad.pt/
- ↑ http://expresso.sapo.pt/margarida-marante-soares-era-o-meu-talisma=f574331
- ↑ http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/famosos/detalhe/vicio_de_marante_foi_adquirido_com_rangel.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121005154041/http://www.publico.pt/Media/morreu-margarida-marante-1565978
