Edgar Silva

Edgar Silva
Edgar Silva in 2016
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira
In office
8 November 1996 – 26 May 2024
Personal details
BornEdgar Freitas Gomes da Silva
(1962-09-25) 25 September 1962
PartyPortuguese Communist Party (1997–present)
Alma materCatholic University of Portugal
Websitewww.edgarsilva2016.pt
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Edgar Freitas Gomes da Silva (born 25 September 1962) is a Portuguese politician and former Catholic priest. He is known for having been a bitter dissident from the Portuguese Catholic hierarchy.

Edgar Silva is a licenciate in Theology and holds a master's degree in Systematic Theology from the Catholic University of Portugal. He has been a militant of the Portuguese Communist Party since 1997, and also a member of its Central Committee since 10 December 2000.

He was a candidate to the 2016 presidential election.