The former president of the Porto City Council, Nuno Cardoso, died this morning at the age of 64. The death occurred at the Hospital de Santo António, in Porto, as reported by the local press.
Nuno Cardoso was president of the Porto Council during the period between 2002 and 2013. During his term, several works and interventions were carried out in the city, including the requalification of public spaces and the modernization of municipal infrastructures.
Cardoso was a member of the PSD and had a long political career in the North region of the country. His death was officially communicated by the Porto municipality, generating shock among his former party colleagues and by the city's population.
At 64 years old, Nuno Cardoso leaves a significant legacy in the administration of the city of Porto, having been one of the presidents with the longest mandates at the head of the City Council. Reactions to his death continue to arise from various entities and political figures.
