Alfredo Dinis

Alfredo Dinis, often known by his nom de guerre, "Alex", was a notable Portuguese anti-fascist and member of the Portuguese Communist Party who was murdered in 1945 by the PIDE (Policia Internacional de Defesa do Estado).

After spending 19 months in jail, upon release he became responsible for the Party's local committee in Almada, a suburb of Lisbon.

In 1942, he was one of the major stimulators of the vast wave of strikes and demonstrations that swept the region of Lisbon, which were brutally repressed due to the criminal character of the Portuguese fascist regime.

In 1943, Dinis was present in the Party's 3rd Congress and was elected to the Central Committee.

Alfredo Dinis was killed by the political police near Sintra, on 4 July 1945.