Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles

Gonçalo Pereira Ribeiro Telles (born Lisbon, 24 May 1922) is a Portuguese politician and landscape architect.

Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles GCC OSE GCL
Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles in 2011
Minister for Quality of Life
In office 4 September 1981 (1981-09-04) – 9 June 1983 (1983-06-09)
President	António Ramalho Eanes
Prime Minister	Francisco Pinto Balsemão
Personal details
Born	Gonçalo Pereira Ribeiro Telles (1922-05-24) 24 May 1922 Lisbon, Portuguese First Republic
Nationality	Portuguese
Political party	Earth Party
Other political affiliations	People's Monarchist Party (1974 (1974)-1994 (1994))
Occupation	Politician and landscape architect

He was a founder of the People's Monarchist Party in 1974, and led it until 1994, when he left the party. He later founded the ecologist movement Movimento Partido da Terra, now called MPT – Partido da Terra.

He was also Minister for Quality of Life in the Democratic Alliance governments, and one of the first Portuguese politicians to call attention to ecological problems, having an influence far beyond the tiny size of the parties he led.

External links

• biographical profile of Ribeiro Telles on monarchist website Realistas (Royalists) (Portuguese).
• Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of documentary on Ribeiro Telles life and philosophy, directed in 2008 by Rita Saldanha (Portuguese).
• Lisboa em Causa-verdade e transparência 2 on YouTube, a video of a discussion on landscaping in Lisbon on RTPN where Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles intervenes from 2:08 to 9:58 (Portuguese).
• Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Económico? on YouTube, debate on environment and economical development with Ribeiro Telles' participation (Portuguese).
• Apresentação da candidatura de José Sá Fernandes on YouTube. Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles describes why we supported José Sá Fernandes from 1:02 to 2:10 (Portuguese).