Politics in Portugal operates as a unitary multi-party semi-presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the Prime Minister of Portugal is the head of government,and the President of Portugal is the non-executive head of state with several significant political powers they exercise often. Executive power is exercised by the Government,whose leader is the prime minister. Legislative power is primarily vested in the Assembly of the Republic,although the government is also able to legislate on certain matters. The Judiciary of Portugal is independent of the executive and the legislature. The President exerts a sort of "moderating power",not easily classified into any of the traditional three branches of government.
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the European Union's (EU) assembly of local and regional representatives that provides sub-national authorities with a direct voice within the EU's institutional framework.
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 was the governing party of Portugal between November 2015 and April 2024,subsequently winning the 2019 and 2022 legislative elections.
The Left Bloc,colloquially shortened as O Bloco,is a left-wing populist,democratic socialist political party in Portugal founded in 1999. It is currently led by Mariana Mortágua.
Elections in Portugal are free,fair,and regularly held,in accordance with election law.
Ana Maria Rosa Martins Gomes,better known as Ana Gomes,is a Portuguese former diplomat and politician of the Socialist Party (PS).
Miguel de Sacadura Cabral Portas was a Portuguese politician and a Member of the European Parliament for the Left Bloc,part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group. He was a member of the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament and a member of the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries.
The 1999 Portuguese legislative election took place on 10 October. The election renewed all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic.
An election of MEP representing Portugal constituency for the 1999–2004 term of the European Parliament was held on 13 June. It was part of the wider 1999 European election.
Jaime Joséde Matos da Gama is a Portuguese former politician. In the Portuguese government,he served as Minister of Internal Administration in 1978,Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1985 and from 1995 to 2002,and Minister of National Defence in 1999. From 2005 to 2011 we was President of the Assembly of the Republic.
Maria João RodriguesGOIH is a Portuguese academic and politician who served as Member of the European Parliament. She was Vice-President of the Group of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) from 2014 until 2019,and since 2017 she is also President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS),succeeding Italian politician Massimo d'Alema.
The 2015 Portuguese legislative election was held on 4 October. All 230 seats of the Assembly of the Republic were in contention.
Carlos Zorrinho is a Portuguese politician and university professor. He has undertaken the positions of Secretary of State,leader of the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group at the Portuguese Parliament,and is currently a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the S&D group.
The 2012 Azorean regional election was an election held on 14 October 2012 for the legislative assembly and government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. in which the Socialist Party nominee,under the leadership of Vasco Cordeiro won an absolute majority with 49% of the vote,in comparison to their direct rivals,the Social Democratic Party,who achieved only 33% of the vote. Voter turnout was low with just under 47.9% of the electorate casting their ballot on election day.
The Azores Regional Election,2000 was an election held on 15 October 2000 for the legislative assembly and government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores,in which the Socialist Party,under the leadership of Carlos César received 49% of the votes,and got an absolute majority,in comparison to their direct rivals,the Social Democratic Party with 32%. Voter turnout was the lowest til then with just 53.3% of the electorate casting their ballot on election day.
Miguel de Serpa Soares is a Portuguese lawyer who has been serving as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel. He was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 7 August 2013.
The 2008 Azorean regional election was an election held on 19 October 2008 for the legislative assembly and government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. in which the Socialist Party,under the leadership of Carlos César won a third mandate with 46.7% of the turnout,while their rivals,under the Social Democratic Party leader Carlos Costa Neves,received 30.27% of the vote:the result would result Neves' resignation in the following days.
Fernando Medina Maciel Almeida Correia is a Portuguese economist and politician Socialist Party (PS) who served as Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister António Costa from 2022 to 2024. He previously served as Mayor of Lisbon from 2015,succeeding Costa,to 2021.
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Portugal in January 2026. The elections will elect the successor to President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa,who is barred from running for a third term.
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 led the Socialist Party into the 2024 legislative election.
