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{{Portuguese name|Carvalho|Silva}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Manuel Carvalho da Silva
| honorific-suffix    = 
| image               = Carvalho da Silva (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Carvalho da Silva in 2007
| office              = Secretary-General of the [[General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers]]
| term_start          = 1 June 1986
| term_end            = 28 January 2012
| predecessor         = Armando Teixeira da Silva
| successor           = [[Arménio Carlos]]
| birth_name          = Manuel Carvalho da Silva
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1948|11|02|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Viatodos]], [[Barcelos, Portugal|Barcelos]],<br />[[Braga District]], [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Portugal]]
| nationality         = [[Portugal|Portuguese]]
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| party               = [[Portuguese Communist Party]] (until 2013)
| spouse              = 
| children            = 
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| alma_mater          = [[ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon]]
| occupation          = [[Author]] • [[Professor]] • [[Social researcher]]
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'''Manuel Carvalho da Silva''' (born 2 November 1948)<ref name="jondt-27oct2008"/> is a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Sociology|sociologist]], [[research]] [[Professor#Research professor|professor]] and former Secretary-General of the [[General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers]] ('''CGTP–IN''').<ref name="guardian-11dec2002"/>

Carvalho da Silva graduated from the Industrial Electrician School [[Carlos Amarante]] in [[Braga]]<ref name="jondt-27oct2008"/> and is a [[doctorate]] in [[Sociology]] from the [[ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon]].

He was elected as coordinator of the CGTP–IN (General Confederation of Portuguese Workers - National Inter) in June 1986 and in December 1999 he was attained the office of Secretary-General.<ref name="jondt-27oct2008"/> On 28 January 2012, he was succeeded by Arménio Carlos.

He has had several published works and books on [[syndicalism]] and [[Economics|economy]].

His name was referred several times as potential candidate to Secretary-General of the [[Portuguese Communist Party]], but he always stated he was not interested in the office. According to a press newspaper, he severed his ties with the party shortly after leaving the CGTP–IN leadership,<ref name="ionline24aug2013"/>{{Dead link|date=September 2017}} but this allegation was never confirmed by any of the parts involved.

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="guardian-11dec2002">{{cite news
 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/dec/11/2
 |title=Stoppage strikes at the very heart of Portugal
 |author=Mark Milner
 |date=11 December 2002
 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]
 |publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]]
 |location=London
 |quote=Manuel Carvalho da Silva, head of the CGTP...
 |accessdate=8 May 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="jondt-27oct2008">{{cite news
 |url=http://www.onoticiasdatrofa.pt/nt/index.php?view=article&catid=458%3Aregiao&id=3046%3Acarvalho-da-silva-apresenta-qo-padrinhoq-na-casa-de-camilo&tmpl=component&print=1&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=153
 |title=Carvalho da Silva apresenta "O Padrinho" na Casa de Camilo ('Carvalho da Silva apresenta "O Padrinho" na Casa de Camilo')
 |author=Hermano Martins
 |date=27 October 2008
 |work=Jornal O Notícias da Trofa
 |location=[[Trofa, Portugal]]
 |language=Portuguese
 |accessdate=8 May 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="ionline24aug2013">{{cite news
 |url=http://www.ionline.pt/artigos/portugal/carvalho-da-silva-abandona-pcp-segredo
 |title=Carvalho da Silva abandona PCP em segredo ('Carvalho da Silva abandona PCP em segredo')
 |author=Luís Claro
 |date=24 August 2013
 |work=Jornal i
 |location=
 |language=Portuguese
 |accessdate=24 August 2013}}</ref>
}}

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[[Category:20th-century Portuguese non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Portuguese non-fiction writers]]

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