“It was with deep regret that I learned of the death of Judge Álvaro Laborinho Lúcio, who was Minister of Justice in my Governments, a man of great moral integrity, extremely competent and possessing an extraordinary sense of humor,” declared Cavaco Silva in a written statement.
The former head of state and government recalls that Laborinho Lúcio earned his trust through his “clarity and competence” and that he always provided “very firm political support for his proposals, crafted with enormous technical quality.”
“As a minister, he carried out important legislative reforms, from the Penal Code to the Code of Civil Procedure, but also innovated in areas that were not yet defined, such as the law against drugs, money laundering, and corruption,” he emphasizes.
Cavaco Silva further highlights that “in addition to his remarkable governance, he rendered other significant services to our country, as a judge, as the last Minister for the Azores, as a local official in his hometown Nazaré, and as an active citizen for various causes.”
Álvaro Laborinho Lúcio served as Secretary of State for Judicial Administration and Minister of Justice with Cavaco Silva, and as Minister for the Azores during Jorge Sampaio’s presidency.
He also held the position of Prosecutor of the Republic at the Court of Appeal of Coimbra, Inspector of the Public Ministry, Deputy Attorney General of the Republic, Director of the Judicial Police School, and the Center for Judicial Studies.
In Nazaré, he was President of the Municipal Assembly.
Recently, he was part of the Independent Commission for the Study of Sexual Abuse of Children in the Portuguese Catholic Church.
He debuted in narrative fiction writing in 2014 with ‘O Chamador’, published by Quetzal, and released four more titles under the same publisher up to last year.
