What is Mariano Gago?
[[File:JoseMarianoGago.jpg|thumb|Gago in November 2014.]] '''José Mariano Rebelo Pires Gago''' {{Small|[[Order of St. James of the Sword|ComSE]]}} (16 May 1948 &ndash; 17 April 2015) was a [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] electrical [[engineer]] and [[politician]] for the [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]]. He served as the [[Minister for Science and Technology]] from 28 October 1995 to 6 April 2002. He also served as the [[Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education]] from 21 March 2005 to 21 June 2011. Gago was born in [[Lisbon]]. He studied at [[University|universities]] in Lisbon and [[Paris]]. He was married and had a daughter. He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Gago_José_Mariano |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Gago_José_Mariano |title=José Mariano Gago |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> Gago died a [[sudden cardiac death]] on 17 April 2015 in Lisbon. He was 66.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://observador.pt/2015/04/17/morreu-o-ex-ministro-mariano-gago/|title=Morreu o ex-ministro Mariano Gago|work=observador.pt|date=17 April 2015|accessdate=18 April 2015|language=Portuguese}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gago, Mariano}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Portuguese engineers]] [[Category:Politicians from Lisbon]] [[Category:Members of Academia Europaea]] {{Bio-stub}}