Degree in Contemporary History (19th and 20th century). He was invited to be assistant professor by the Faculty for Human and Social Sciences of Universidade Nova de Lisboa. In 1990 he got his Ph.D. and is today the president of the Instituto de História Contemporânea (Portugal's contemporary history institute), historical consultant for the Mário Soares Foundation and the editor of História magazine. In 1996, he belonged to the Political Committee for the presidential candidature of Jorge Sampaio. In 1999, he helped found the Left Bloc political party, whose Permanent Commission he leads. In 2001 he ran for President of the Republic, supported by the Left Bloc, receiving 3% of the vote. In 2006 he was made a Commander of the Order of Liberty, by President Jorge Sampaio. Rosas was a deputy for Lisbon in the Assembly of the Republic from 1999 to 2002 and for Setubal since 2005. Electoral results 2001 Portuguese presidential election Fernando Rosas finished fourth with 129,840 votes (3.00%). Selected works As primeiras eleições legislativas sob o Estado Novo : as eleições de 16 de Dezembro de 1934, Cadernos O Jornal, 1985 O Estado Novo nos Anos 30, Lisbon, Estampa, 1986 O salazarismo e a Aliança Luso-Britânica : estudos sobre a política externa do Estado Novo nos anos 30 a 40, Lisbon, Fragmentos 1988 Salazar e o Salazarismo (with JM Brandão de Brito), Publicacoes Dom Quixote, 1989, Portugal Entre a Paz e a Guerra (1939/45), Lisbon, Estampa, 1990 Portugal e o Estado Novo (1930/60), Vol. XII (ed), Nova História de Portugal, (gen. ed. A. H. de Oliveira Marques e Joel Serra), Lisbon, Editorial Presença, 1992 O Estado Novo (1926/74), vol. VII, História Portugal (ed. J. Mattoso), 1994 Dicionário de História do Estado Novo (with JM Brandão de Brito, ed.), Lisbon, Bertrand Editora, 1996 Portugal e a Guerra Civil de Espanha (ed), Colibri, 1996, Armindo Monteiro e Oliveira Salazar : correspondência política, 1926-1955 (ed.), Lisbon, Estampa, 1996, Salazarismo e Fomento Económico, Lisbon, Noticias, 2000 Portugal Século XX : Pensamento e Acção Política, Lisbon, Noticias, 2004 Lisboa Revolucionária, Lisbon, Tinta da China, 2007, História da Primeira República Portuguesa (with Maria Fernanda Rollo), Lisbon, Tinta da China, 2009, Salazar e o Poder - A Arte de Saber Durar, Lisbon, Tinta da China, 2013, Salazar e os Fascismos, Lisbon, Tinta da China, 2019, References 1946 births Living people Candidates for President of Portugal Left Bloc politicians Portuguese Workers' Communist Party politicians