In a note published on the Presidency Internet portal, the President of the Republic expressed regret over the death of the former mayor of Batalha, José António Martins de Souza Lucas, who died this Sunday from illness.
“The President of the Republic regrets the untimely death of José António Martins de Souza Lucas and expresses his deepest condolences to his family, friends and the municipality of Batalha,” the presidential note said.
The former president of the municipal council of Batalha, José António Martins de Sousa Lucas, died this Sunday morning at the age of 64 from a long illness, the Leiria district municipality announced.
António Lucas was vice-president of the chamber from 1994 to 1998, president of the municipality for 16 years, successively from 1998 to 2013, first elected by the CDS-PP and then by the PSD, and president of the Municipal Assembly of Batalha. from 2013 to 2017.
In a message left on social networks, the municipality of Batalha states that “António Lucas was a person dedicated to public service, marking Batalha and Batallense, leaving a significant legacy.”
According to the newspaper Região de Leiria, António Lucas has also been involved in business administration and consulting in recent years and has served on the boards of the Humanitarian Association of Volunteer Firefighters and the Santa Casa da Misericórdia da Batalha.
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