António Luciano Pacheco de Sousa Franco, GCC, GCSE (Oeiras,[1] September 21, 1942 – Matosinhos, June 9, 2004) was a Portuguese economist and politician.
He later left the party and was Minister of Finance in the government of Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, in 1979.
During a campaign event for the 2004 European election in a fishing facility in Matosinhos, Sousa Franco and his entourage were engulfed by a violent clash between members of two local factions of the Socialist Party.
He was rushed to the nearby Pedro Hispano Hospital, being pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
He married in Coimbra, at the Old Cathedral, Maria Matilde Pessoa de Magalhães Figueiredo (b. Lisbon, São Domingos de Benfica, July 8, 1943), a Licentiate in History, daughter of João Correia de Magalhães Figueiredo, a decorated Portuguese Army Officer, and wife Carlota Matilde Sérgio Pessoa, a maternal niece of António Sérgio, without issue.