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Sofia Matos
Sofia Matos (born 1990) is a Portuguese politician. A member of the centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD), Matos was elected to the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal in 2019 as a representative of the Porto constituency and re-elected in 2022, when she headed the PSD list for Porto. Early life and education Sofia Helena Correia Fernandes Sousa Matos was born on 28 September 1990 in Trofa, a municipality in the north of the Porto metropolitan area in Portugal. Her parents were politically active and she can remember being part of a campaign in 1998 for Trofa to be upgraded to municipal status. She has a degree in law and became a junior partner at the Porto law firm of ''Bcp Advogados''. Political career In 2009 Matos met the president of the Social Democratic Youth (JSD) of Trofa and was invited to attend one of its meetings. Rising up through the ranks of the JSD she became a candidate for its national leadership in 2020, losing by 40 votes. In 2013 she became a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto (Assembly Of The Republic Constituency)
Porto is one of the 22 multi-member constituency, constituencies of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), 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 of Portugal, constitution following the Portuguese transition to democracy, restoration of democracy. It is conterminous with the Districts of Portugal, district of Porto District, Porto. The constituency currently elects 40 of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the Closed list, closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2024 Portuguese legislative election, 2024 legislative election it had 1,591,760 registered electors. Electoral system Porto currently elects 40 of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the Closed list, closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method. Election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Portuguese Legislative Election
Early legislative elections were held on 30 January 2022 in Portugal to elect members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), 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. On 27 October 2021, the budget proposed by the XXII Constitutional Government of Portugal, Socialist minority government was rejected by the Assembly of the Republic. The Left Bloc (Portugal), Left Bloc (BE) and the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), both of whom had previously supported the government, joined the centre-right to right-wing opposition parties and rejected the budget. On 4 November 2021, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the President of Portugal, announced a snap election to be held on 30 January 2022. This election was the third national election held in Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic - as the country held a 2021 Portuguese presidential election, presidential election (January) and 2021 Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Assembly Of The Republic (Portugal)
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Social Democratic Party (Portugal) Politicians
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Former parties See also *Democratic Socialist Party (other) * List of Labour Parties *Party for Social Democracy *Partido Social Democrata (other) *List of socialist parties *Socialist International *List of social democratic parties This is a list of parties in the world that consider themselves to be upholding the principles and values of social democracy. Some of the parties are also members of the Socialist International, Party of European Socialists or the Progressive A ... {{Set index article Lists of political parties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Births
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Socialist Party (Portugal)
The Socialist Party ( , PS) is a social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Portugal, 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 eight members in the European Parliament within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group during the Tenth European Parliament, 10th European Parliament. The party won the 1976 Portuguese legislative election, 1976 general election and formed the I Constitutional Government of Portugal, first constitutional government after the 1974 revolution, with Mário Soares as prime minister. However, the government was unstable and fell in 1978. The PS lost the 1979 Portuguese legislative election, 1979 election, but returned to power in 1983 Portuguese legislative election, 1983, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rui Rio
Rui Fernando da Silva Rio (born 6 August 1957) is a Portuguese economist and retired politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). He was the Mayor of Porto from 2002 to 2013. Between 2018 and 2022, he was President of the PSD and Leader of the Opposition. Education Rio studied at the Colégio Alemão do Porto (the German School of Porto), and earned his degree in economics at the University of Porto, where he was president of the Student Association, at the time the only Student Association that was not led by members of the Communist Party, and a member of the Pedagogical Council. Professional career As an economist, he began his professional life in the textile industry, having, after completing his military service, also worked in the metalmechanics industry. In the mid-1980s, he began his path in the banking sector. Within the management of Banco Comercial Português, he was responsible for setting up financial operations in the primary market, for the listing proc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Portuguese Legislative Election
The 2019 Portuguese legislative election was held on 6 October 2019. All 230 seats to the Assembly of the Republic were contested. In a campaign dominated by the Tancos airbase robbery"Há um antes e um depois da acusação de Tancos na campanha " '' Público'', 26 September 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020. (in which former Defense Minister Azeredo Lopes (2015–2018) was accused of trying to cover-up the finding of the stolen weapons in the robbery), but also with the good economic situation in Portugal, the |
António Costa
António Luís Santos da Costa (; born 17 July 1961) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who has served as President of the European Council since 2024. He previously served as the 118th prime minister of Portugal from 2015 to 2024 and the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party (Portugal), secretary-general of the Socialist Party from 2014 to 2024. Born in Lisbon, Costa was Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs from 1995 to 1997, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs from 1997 to 1999, Ministry of Justice (Portugal), Minister of Justice from 1999 to 2002, Ministry of the Internal Administration (Portugal), Minister of Internal Administration from 2005 to 2007, as well as List of mayors of Lisbon, Mayor of Lisbon from 2007 to 2015. Costa was 2014 Portuguese Socialist Party prime ministerial primary, elected secretary-general of the Socialist Party in 2014. Costa's near 9-year tenure as Prime Minister is the second longest, with Costa also being the longest serving po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Youth (Portugal)
Social Democratic Youth () is the youth organisation of the Social Democratic Party of Portugal and it is commonly known by its initials, JSD. Founded by Francisco Sá Carneiro, the JSD has become an essential basis of the PSD itself. Its activity is recognized in election campaigns, with a crucial position in terms of mobilization and as a "laboratory of ideas of the party". While defending the values affirmed by the Social Democratic Party, the JSD is a structure with its own identity and, therefore, works in an autonomous manner in respect to the party. Nowadays, the JSD has mainly based his political activity in areas such as education, entrepreneurship, employment, housing, environment, addiction and childhood obesity Childhood obesity is a condition where excess adipose tissue, body fat negatively affects a child's health or well-being. As methods to determine body fat directly are difficult, the diagnosis of obesity is often based on Body mass index, BMI. .... In add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto Metropolitan Area
The Porto Metropolitan Area (; abbreviated as AMP) is a metropolitan area in northern Portugal centered on the City of Porto, Portugal's second largest city.Fernanda Paula Oliveira (2009), The metropolitan area, covering 17 municipalities, is the second largest urban area in the country and one of the largest in the European Union, with a population in 2021 of 1,737,395 in an area of 2,040.31 km². The Porto Metropolitan Area is a major economic engine in Portugal, with a very high HDI (Human Development Index) and a GDP above the European average. Porto has been Portugal's largest manufacturing region since the Industrial Revolution and is home to many of the country's largest corporations. It is chaired by Eduardo Vítor Rodrigues ( PS). History The original ''Metropolitan Area of Porto'' was constituted by nine municipalities: Porto (the capital), Espinho, Gondomar, Maia, Matosinhos, Póvoa de Varzim, Vila Nova de Gaia, Valongo, and Vila do Conde. The process ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
