Socialist Party (Portugal) Totally Explained

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Partido Socialista redirects here. For other parties with similar names see Socialist Party.

   The Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Socialista, pron. ) 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.

List of important people

General Secretaries (Secretários-Gerais)

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

Prime Ministers

Mário Soares : 1976 - 1978, 1983 - 1985

António Guterres : 1995 - 2002

José Sócrates : 2005 -

Presidents of the Republic

Mário Soares : 1986 - 1996

Jorge Sampaio: 1996 - 2006Further Information

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