Related Research Articles
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.
António Luís Santos da Costa is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who has served as the 119th prime minister of Portugal since 26 November 2015,presiding over the XXI (2015–2019),XXII (2019–2022) and XXIII Constitutional Governments. He is demissionary,having resigned on 7 November 2023 following an investigation into a corruption scandal.
Marta Alexandra Fartura Braga Temido de Almeida Simões is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Health under Prime Minister António Costa,between 15 October 2018 and 10 September 2022. She has submitted her resignation from the post on 30 August 2022 and ended her functions on 10 September 2022.
Early legislative elections were held on 30 January 2022 in Portugal to elect members of the Assembly of the Republic to the 15th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic. All 230 seats to the Assembly of the Republic were up for election.
Romualda Fernandes is a Portuguese jurist and politician,originally from Guinea-Bissau. She was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic as a representative of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS) in 2019.
Francisca Almeida is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. As a member of the Social Democratic Party,she represented the Braga constituency in the 11th and 12th legislatures of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal,between 2009 and 2015.
Beatriz Gomes Dias is a Portuguese teacher,activist and politician who was born in Senegal. She was elected as a deputy to the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal,representing the Left Bloc,in 2019,but was not re-elected in the 2022 election. In the 2021 local elections,she was elected member of the Lisbon City Council.
Maria Begonha is a Portuguese politician,a member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS),and a former member of the Assembly of the Republic. She served as secretary-general of Socialist Youth from 2018 to 2020.
Pedro Nuno de Oliveira Santos is a Portuguese economist and politician,who is the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party. Santos previously held positions in the Portuguese Government under António Costa,first as Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs,from November 2015 to February 2019,and afterwards as Minister of Infrastructure and Housing,from February 2019 to January 2023.
Susana Correia is a Portuguese politician. As a member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS),she has been a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic since 2019.
Snap legislative elections were held on 10 March 2024 to elect members of the Assembly of the Republic to the 16th Legislature of Portugal. All 230 seats to the Assembly of the Republic were up for election. The elections were called in November 2023 after Prime Minister António Costa's resignation following an investigation around alleged corruption involving the award of contracts for lithium and hydrogen businesses.
Joana SáPereira is a Portuguese politician. As a member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS),she has been a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic since 2019.
Susana Amador is a Portuguese jurist and politician. As a member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS),she briefly became a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic in 2005. She was elected to the Assembly again in 2015 and re-elected in 2019 and 2022. Between 2005 and 2015 she was a member of the Lisbon Metropolitan Council and mayor of Odivelas,a municipality in the Lisbon area. In 2019 she served as the Secretary of State for Education.
Ana Sofia Antunes is a Portuguese politician who,from 2015 to 2024,held the government position of Secretary of State for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities. Antunes was born blind.
Joana Rodrigues Mortágua is a Portuguese politician. A member of the Left Bloc,she has been a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic since 2015,representing Setúbal.
Maria Gabriela Fonseca is a Portuguese politician. A member of the centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD),Fonseca was elected to the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal in 2019 and re-elected in 2022,as a representative of the Braga constituency.
Maria Emília e Sousa Cerqueira is a Portuguese politician. A member of the centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD),Cerqueira was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic in the 2015 national election as a representative of the Viana do Castelo constituency. She was re-elected in 2019,2022 and 2024.
The 2023 Portuguese Socialist Party leadership election was held on 15 and 16 December 2023. The leadership ballot was called after Prime Minister and Socialist Party Secretary-General António Costa resigned from office on 7 November 2023. The winner of this election will lead the Socialist Party into the 2024 legislative election.
Porto 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 Porto. The constituency currently elects 40 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 1,589,053 registered electors.
Braga 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 Braga. The constituency currently elects 19 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 776,543 registered electors.
References
- 1 2 "Palmira Maciel Fernandes da Costa". Parlamento. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 "Palmira Maciel Fernandes da Costa". Parlamento - Registo de Interesses. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- 1 2 "Palmira Maciel Fernandes da Costa". Os 230. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ↑ "Palmira Maciel é a candidata do PS à Assembleia Municipal de Braga". O Minho. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ↑ "Eleições Legislativas 2024. Deputados Eleitos". CNN. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
