Manuel Fernando da Silva Monteiro (Anissó,

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, 1 April 1962) is a Portuguese jurist, professor and former politician.

Early years

Manuel Monteiro started his political life during his youth. He was elected president of the People's Youth (then called Centrist Youth) in 1986.

Political career

He was the winning candidate of the internal elections of March 1992 in the Democratic and Social Centre, moving the party from the traditional

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base to the right. His political platform was against a

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, the

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and the

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. In 1995 he changed the party's name to People's Party. The renamed party won 9% of the popular vote and 15 deputies, at the

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held on 1 October 1995. This represented a partial comeback for the party that had been comprehensively defeated in the elections of

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and

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. Heavy losses in the local elections of 1997, however, led Monteiro to resign., being succeeded by

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, his former friend and protégé. Manuel Monteiro left People's Party in 2002, following a disagreement with Paulo Portas. In June 2003 he founded the New Democracy Party (PND; ''Partido da Nova Democracia'' in Portuguese). This new political force never achieved major electoral successes, and Monteiro left the party leadership in November 2008, resigning from its membership two years later. Since then he has been politically inactive.

Professional and academic career

Manuel Monteiro is a

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from the

Catholic University of Portugal The Catholic University of Portugal ( Portuguese: ''Universidade Católica Portuguesa'', pronounced nivɨɾsiˈðad(ɨ) kɐˈtɔlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ, also referred to as Católica or UCP for short, is a concordat university (non-state-run unive ...

. He worked at the Portuguese Industry Confederation and

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. He also taught at Tomar Polytechnical Institute and Lusíada University. In 2012 he received a

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degree from Lusíada University.

Electoral history

CDS leadership election, 1992

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European Parliament election, 1994

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Candidate ! Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Seats ! align="center" style="width: 50px", +/− , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PS , align=left , António Vitorino , , 1,061,560 , , 34.9 , , 10 , , style="color:green;", +3 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PSD , align=left , Eurico de Melo , , 1,046,918 , , 34.4 , , 9 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDS–PP , align=left , Manuel Monteiro , , 379,044 , , 12.5 , , 3 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , Luis Manuel de Sá , , 340,725 , , 11.2 , , 3 , , style="color:red;", –1 , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 121,498 , , 4.0 , , 0 , , style="color:red;", –1 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 94,236 , , 3.1 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 3,044,001 , , 35.54 , , 25 , , style="color:green;", +1 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Legislative election, 1995

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, , 2,583,755 , , 43.8 , , 112 , , style="color:green;", +40 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PSD , align=left , Fernando Nogueira , , 2,014,589 , , 34.1 , , 88 , , style="color:red;", –47 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDS–PP , align=left , Manuel Monteiro , , 534,470 , , 9.1 , , 15 , , style="color:green;", +10 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , Carlos Carvalhas , , 506,157 , , 8.6 , , 15 , , style="color:red;", –2 , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 152,790 , , 2.6 , , 0 , , style="color:red;", –1 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 113,093 , , 1.9 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 5,904,854 , , 66.30 , , 230 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

European Parliament election, 2004

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, , 1,516,001 , , 44.5 , , 12 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", FP , align=left , João de Deus Pinheiro, , 1,132,769 , , 33.3 , , 9 , , style="color:red;", –2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left ,

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, , 309,401 , , 9.1 , , 2 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", BE , align=left , Miguel Portas , , 167,313 , , 4.9 , , 1 , , style="color:green;", +1 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PCTP/MRPP , align=left , Garcia Pereira , , 36,294 , , 1.1 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PND , align=left , Manuel Monteiro , , 33,833 , , 1.0 , , 0 , , ''new'' , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 74,505 , , 2.2 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 134,166 , , 4.0 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 3,404,782 , , 38.60 , , 24 , , style="color:red;", –1 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Legislative election, 2005

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, , 1,653,425 , , 28.8 , , 75 , , style="color:red;", –30 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , Jerónimo de Sousa , , 433,369 , , 7.5 , , 14 , , style="color:green;", +2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDS–PP , align=left ,

, , 416,415 , , 7.3 , , 12 , , style="color:red;", –2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", BE , align=left ,

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, , 364,971 , , 6.4 , , 8 , , style="color:green;", +5 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PCTP/MRPP , align=left , Garcia Pereira , , 48,186 , , 0.8 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PND , align=left , Manuel Monteiro , , 40,358 , , 0.7 , , 0 , , ''new'' , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 33,583 , , 0.6 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 169,052 , , 2.9 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 5,747,834 , , 64.26 , , 230 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Monteiro, Manuel 1962 births Living people People from Vieira do Minho Portuguese Roman Catholics CDS – People's Party politicians New Democracy Party (Portugal) politicians 20th-century Portuguese lawyers Portuguese political party founders