The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel by militants who were at the time with the Portuguese Socialist Action. The PS is a member of the Socialist International,Progressive Alliance and Party of European Socialists,and has nine members in the European Parliament within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group during the 9th European Parliament. It has been the governing party of Portugal since November 2015,subsequently winning the 2019 and 2022 legislative elections.
Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes is a Portuguese lawyer and politician,who is the current Mayor of Figueira da Foz. He most notably served as prime minister of Portugal from 2004 to 2005.
António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino is a Portuguese lawyer and politician of the Socialist Party (PS).
Ana Maria Rosa Martins Gomes,better known as Ana Gomes,is a Portuguese former diplomat and politician of the Socialist Party (PS).
JoséManuel Rodrigues "Joe" BerardoGCIH,ComIH,is a Portuguese and South African businessman,investor,and art collector. According to Portuguese magazine Exame,he had an estimated net worth of €598 million in 2010,making him one of the wealthiest people in Portugal at the time. Starting around the 2010–2014 Portuguese financial crisis when both the Portuguese Republic finances and banking system collapsed,he has been involved in several controversies and legal issues which have led to the arrestment of his bank accounts,his companies' assets and himself due to ongoing legal investigations.
The judiciary of Portugal is a system of courts that together constitute one of the four organs of Sovereignty as defined by the Portuguese Constitution. The courts are independent from the other three Portuguese organs of Sovereignty.
The 2009 Portuguese legislative election was held on 27 September,to renew all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic. The Socialist Party,led by incumbent Prime Minister JoséSócrates,won the largest number of seats,but didn't repeat the overall majority they gained in 2005.
Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho is a Portuguese politician and university guest lecturer who was the 118th prime minister of Portugal,in office from 2011 to 2015. He was the leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) between 2010 and 2018.
Events in the year 2005 in Portugal.
Maria Luís Albuquerque is a Portuguese politician. She served as Minister of State and Finance between 2013 and 2015.
The 2019 Portuguese legislative election was held on 6 October 2019. All 230 seats to the Assembly of the Republic were contested.
JoséMaria Veloso Salgado was a Galician-born Portuguese artist. He is regarded as one of the country's foremost masters of Naturalism with many distinguished works in historical painting,landscapes,and portraits.
Events in the year 2018 in Portugal.
Celeste Correia is a naturalized Portuguese teacher and politician,originally from the former Portuguese colony of Cape Verde. She represented the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS) as a member of the Assembly of the Republic between 1995 and 2011 and,again,from 2014 to 2015.
Gabriela Canavilhas is a Portuguese classical pianist,music teacher and former politician. As well as being the Minister of Culture between 2009 and 2011,she was a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic from 2011 until 2018.
Maria JoséNogueira Pinto was a Portuguese lawyer and politician. She was a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal,representing the CDS –People's Party and,later,the Social Democratic Party.
Cecília Felgueiras de Meireles Graça is a Portuguese politician and lawyer,and a former member of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal,representing the Christian democratic CDS –People's Party (CDS-PP) for the Porto constituency.
Isabel Maria Mousinho de Almeida Galriça Neto is a Portuguese doctor,author and politician. She has been a pioneer in the use of palliative care in Portugal and is one of the main voices in the country against abortion and euthanasia. Between 2009 and 2019 she served as a member of the Assembly of the Republic,for the conservative CDS –People's Party (CDS-PP).
Teresa Caeiro is a Portuguese lawyer and politician.
Lisbon is one of the 22 multi-member constituencies of the Assembly of the Republic,the national legislature of Portugal. The constituency was established in 1976 when the Assembly of the Republic was established by the constitution following the restoration of democracy. It is conterminous with the district of Lisbon. The constituency currently elects 48 of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 legislative election it had 1,919,958 registered electors.
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