Socialist Party (Portugal)

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The Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Socialista, pron. IPA: [pɐɾ'tiðu susiɐ'liʃtɐ]) is a political party of Portugal. It was founded on April 19, 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants of the Portuguese Socialist Action (Portuguese: Acção Socialista Portuguesa).

José Sócrates, Prime Minister of Portugal, is the leader of the party. The former President of Portugal, Jorge Sampaio, is also a member of the party. The party has currently 121 of 230 seats in the Parliament.

José Sócrates obtained a landslide victory (conquered 77% of the votes) in early October 2004 for the succession of Ferro Rodrigues as Secretary-General of the party. Other candidates for the post were Manuel Alegre and João Soares in a vote by party members.

It is a member of the Socialist International and the Party of European Socialists, and has 12 members in the European Parliament.

The Socialist Party stands out as about a third of its members in the Assembly of the Republic are women.

Contents 1 List of important people 1.1 General Secretaries 1.2 Prime Ministers 1.3 Presidents of the Republic 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] List of important people

[edit] General Secretaries

• Mário Soares: 1973 - 1986
• Almeida Santos (interim): 1986
• Vitor Constâncio: 1986 - 1989
• Jorge Sampaio: 1989 - 1992
• António Guterres: 1992 - 2002
• Ferro Rodrigues: 2002 - 2004
• José Sócrates: 2004 -

The last Congress, where Sócrates was formally appointed party leader, was held in November 2004.

[edit] Prime Ministers

• Mário Soares : 1976 - 1978, 1983 - 1985
• António Guterres : 1995 - 2002
• José Sócrates : 2005 -

[edit] Presidents of the Republic

• Mário Soares : 1986 - 1996
• Jorge Sampaio: 1996 - 2006

[edit] See also

• Politics of Portugal
• List of political parties in Portugal
• Socialist Party
• Republican and Socialist Front.

[edit] External links

• Official Website (in Portuguese)
• Socialist Internacional
• Party of European Socialists

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