Fernando José da Conceição Bessa
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    
Research Fields
    
    
    
        Sociology of police and armed forces.
    
    
CV
    
    
        
        National
        
        Professional
        
        Career Fernando
        
        Bessa
        
        joined
        
        the
        
        Portuguese
        
        army,
        
        in
        
        1985,
        
        at
        
        the
        
        Centre
        
        for
        
        Special
        
        Operations,
        
        in Lamego.
        
        Between
        
        1986
        
        and
        
        1988
        
        he
        
        attended
        
        the
        
        officer
        
        course
        
        of
        
        the
        
        former
        
        Fiscal
        
        Guard
        
        and
        
        joined
        
        the
        
        permanent
        
        staff
        
        of
        
        this
        
        force
        
        where
        
        held
        
        several
        
        command/leadership
        
        and
        
        trainer
        
        positions,
        
        highlighting
        
        the
        
        role
        
        of
        
        platoon
        
        training
        
        commander;
        
        section
        
        head
        
        of
        
        physical
        
        education
        
        and
        
        sports
        
        (also
        
        responsible
        
        for
        
        the
        
        participation
        
        of
        
        the
        
        athletics
        
        teams
        
        in
        
        the
        
        military
        
        world
        
        championships)
        
        and
        
        commander
        
        of
        
        a
        
        group
        
        operating
        
        in
        
        the
        
        fiscal,
        
        customs
        
        and
        
        tax
        
        area
        
        in
        
        the
        
        Lisbon
        
        area. In
        
        1993,
        
        he
        
        joined
        
        the
        
        National
        
        Republican
        
        Guard
        
        (Portuguese
        
        acronym
        
        GNR
        
        for Guarda
        
        Nacional
        
        Republicana)
        
        and
        
        was
        
        placed
        
        at
        
        the
        
        Training
        
        School
        
        where
        
        he
        
        held
        
        various
        
        positions,
        
        among
        
        which
        
        section
        
        head
        
        responsible
        
        for
        
        planning
        
        and
        
        coordinating
        
        all
        
        training
        
        provided
        
        within
        
        the
        
        GNR;
        
        section
        
        head
        
        of
        
        physical
        
        education
        
        and
        
        sports;
        
        the
        
        activity
        
        of
        
        trainer
        
        for
        
        tax
        
        and
        
        customs
        
        legislation
        
        and
        
        the
        
        Commander
        
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