José Barata-Moura

José Adriano Rodrigues Barata-Moura GOSE (Lisbon, June 26, 1948) is a Portuguese philosopher and singer.

He completed his pre-university studies in France and obtained his bachelor's degree (1970) and doctorate (1980) in Philosophy from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon. Rector of the University of Lisbon between 1998 and 2006, he has been a full professor at the Faculty of Arts since 1986, where he also served as president of the Governing Council from 1981 to 1982. A member of several scientific societies, he was president of the Internationale Gesellschaft für dialektische Philosophie from 1996 to 2000. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Universia Portugal Portal since 2002. He was elected a corresponding member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Class of Letters) in 2008.

Barata-Moura also became known as a protest singer. In 1970 he sang on television for the first time, on the program Zip-Zip, performing the song Ballade du Bidonville, whose translation was banned by the censors. He became popular as a children's singer, being the author of famous songs such as Joana come a papa, Olha a bola Manel and Fungágá da Bicharada.

He is a member of the Portuguese Communist Party, having served as the national representative for Francisco Lopes' presidential candidacy in 2011.

On January 30, 2006, he was made a Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword.