Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes (; born 29 June 1956) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, who is the current mayor of

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. He most notably served as

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from 2004 to 2005.

Background and early life

Pedro Santana Lopes was born in Campo Grande,

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, to Aníbal Luís Lopes (b. Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 17 February 1933), a company administrator whose maternal grandfather's maternal grandfather was a relative of João Brandão, and wife (m.

, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 27 February 1954) Maria Ivone Risques Pereira de Santana (Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 3 May 1931 –

, 23 March 1999), a half-great-great-great-niece of the 2nd

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of Brissos. He graduated as a Licentiate in law from the

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of the

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, where he was the leader of the Student Union, becoming a lawyer.

Political career

He joined the

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(PSD) in 1976. There he started his career as a

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to the Assembly of the Republic. In 1979, he became a legal advisor to Prime Minister

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, and has identified himself as a follower of his for all his political life. In 1986, he became the assistant state secretary to Prime Minister

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, an office he left the next year to lead to PSD list to the

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, where he remained for two years of his five-year-term. In 1990, Cavaco Silva appointed him to the government post of Secretary of State for Culture. He left the office in 1994, in disagreement with Cavaco, and returned to law practice. In the 1997 local elections, he ran successfully to become mayor of

. He decided not to seek a second term there, and instead ran for

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in the 2001 local elections, defeating the incumbent João Soares and becoming one of the biggest surprises of the electoral night.

Prime minister

When

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resigned in July 2004 to take up the

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of the

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, Santana Lopes became the president of PSD. At the time, his party had a

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with the CDS - People's Party, which held a parliamentary majority, and therefore he was nominated

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of the XVI Constitutional Government. His term as mayor of Lisbon was automatically suspended, with his deputy

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taking over his duties. The leadership of Santana Lopes was marked by a number of inherited economic and political problems. When his party took power, after the 2002 legislative elections, the country's economy was in a poor state, with a rising government-spending deficit, partially because of policies focused on public expenditure by the previous governments (led by

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of the

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) and the

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. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, "Portugal became the first country to breach the EU's 'excessive deficit' rule with a budget deficit of 4.4% of GDP in 2001, well above the 3% of GDP ceiling set by the EU's Stability and Growth Pact." The situation inherited by Santana Lopes was a little better, as the previous government led by Barroso had been able to comply with European Union directives regarding the deficit by selling state assets. Santana Lopes himself failed to gain a reputation as a competent prime minister. His unusual rise to power, as Barroso's successor rather than by election, contributed to these difficulties, despite his nomination being entirely constitutional. The short career of Santana Lopes as prime minister began with some members of government being shuffled between departments on the same afternoon as the government was being inaugurated. His minister of Defence

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looked surprised during the ceremony when he was announced as the ''Minister for National Defence and Sea Affairs''. Portas' look of surprise when the name of his office was announced was broadcast live on television. Santana Lopes' period in office was also marked by chaos in the allocation of teachers to schools (more than a month after classes officially started, and resulting from alleged incompetence of the IT provider (designated during the previous Government); the problem was swiftly solved by another small provider), and by claims of pressure exerted on the press, including arranging for the replacement of the information director of the public television channel RTP, and pressing private television channel

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to tone down the criticism of him by a political commentator,

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, a former leader of his own party, who consequently left the channel. Santana Lopes' demise as head of government was sealed on 30 November 2004 when President

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, a member of the opposing party, announced that he was calling an early Parliament election for February 2005, from which a new government would be formed, after Henrique Chaves, a Santana loyalist, resigned after four days as Minister for Sport, claiming that he lacked "loyalty and truth". Santana Lopes formally tendered his resignation on 11 December, and his government assumed just a caretaker role until the election. He went on to be defeated in the 2005 legislative elections which was won by the

led by

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. Santana resigned as party leader two days later, although he still briefly assumed the informal position of

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, until the election of

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as new party leader.

Subsequent career and activities

Despite his defeat in the 2005 legislative elections, Santana Lopes retained his seat at the Assembly of the Republic. He would also resume his functions as mayor of Lisbon, which had been suspended since he took office as prime minister. However, he decided not to seek another term on the 2005 local elections, being succeeded by his deputy,

, who had also replaced him during his premiership. In October 2007, after the election of

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as leader of the Social Democratic Party, he was invited to lead the PSD Parliamentary Group, a position he held until Menezes' resignation in June 2008. On the 2009 local elections, Santana Lopes ran again for mayor of Lisbon, supported by his party and by the CDS - People's Party, the Earth Party and the People's Monarchist Party. This coalition was, however, unable to prevent the

, led by

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, to achieve a big victory. Santana Lopes assumed the position of leader of the opposition in the municipality. In September 2011, Santana Lopes was nominated by Prime Minister

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to assume leadership of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, a charity that runs Portugal's national lottery. In March 2016, the new prime minister,

, nominated Santana Lopes for a new term. In October 2017, Santana Lopes announced the intention to run again for the leadership of the Social Democratic Party. He resigned leadership of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa in order to do so, but was defeated by

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. After the party election, both Rio and Santana tried to cooperate on several levels, an effort which was not successful from Santana's point of view. He grew increasingly disgruntled with the course of action imposed by Rui Rio, and in June 2018 announced he would be ending his 42 years of party membership and would seek to create a new political party.

Alliance (2018–2021)

On 18 August 2018, it was revealed the new party headed and co-founded by Santana Lopes was to be called

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(). The party submitted the legally required paperwork to the

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and was officially registered on 23 October. Immediately after the official registration, the party started working on the campaign for the

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. Santana Lopes had already said, even before the party was registered, that he would not be running in the election, and that its top candidate would be announced in the near future. On 2 December 2018, the party formally announced Paulo de Almeida Sande, a professor of European affairs and advisor of the president

, as its top candidate. While being generally considered to have a profound knowledge of European issues, Paulo Sande lacked recognition next to the general public, and relied heavily on Santana's personal popularity to engage with supporters and potential voters. In March 2019, Santana Lopes said that the party's objective would be to elect at least one MEP, with three being a good result. Paulo Sande fared well in the televised debates, but the party suffered a heavy blow to its campaign on 15 May 2019, when Santana and Sande were involved in a car crash on the A1 motorway. They were heading to a campaign rally in

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after an event in

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when, between Soure and Pombal, Santana fell asleep and lost control of the vehicle, a

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rented in name of his law firm. The car slid slowly to the left, hitting the central reservation barrier and veering abruptly to the right, crashing out of the road and tumbling several times before coming to a standstill in an overturned position. No other vehicles were involved in the accident, but other drivers witnessed it and alerted the emergency services. Paulo Sande was able to get out of the wrecked car by his own means; he tried to help Santana but was unable to release him. Santana Lopes would only be removed from the wreckage by the emergency services, and was transported by helicopter to Coimbra hospital, to where Sande was also taken on an ambulance. The accident was reported by several media outlets, which prompted Alliance to immediately suspend its campaign. Paulo Sande suffered only minor injuries and was discharged from the hospital a few hours later, while Santana spent the night in observation, being discharged on the next day after several exams revealed no significant lesions; he was, however, told by doctors to rest for some days in order to ensure a full recovery. This meant that, with little more than a week to the election day, Paulo Sande was largely left to campaign alone, although Santana appeared on a video three days before the election to urge people to vote. The party obtained 1,86% of the vote and elected no MEPs. Next on the schedule were the 2019 legislative elections. The party made a campaign of clear opposition to the incumbent government led by

. Santana Lopes said that Alliance hoped to elect two to three MPs in Lisbon district, and eventually some more in Porto and Braga districts; he also stressed that his party would never support a government of the

even in the event of a

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. Santana's predictions for the election were based at the party's results in the European elections. During a campaign event in

, he told that Alliance obtained 3% in the district at the European elections, and that the same result would allow the party to elect two MPs in the legislative vote. This line of thought proved to be flawed as the party performed considerably worse, obtaining only 0,77% of the vote on national level and electing no MPs. Even in Lisbon district, where it is easier for a small party to elect an MP, the party scored 1,27% of the vote, considerably lower than the 3% anticipated by Santana. On the election night, he admitted for the first time that he could relinquish party leadership. Without further national elections in the near future, and with all the objectives unachieved, Santana Lopes suspended his executive functions as Alliance's leader on 15 May 2020, and announced a period of reorganisation of the party. On 28 August 2020, it was announced that he would not seek re-election as party leader at the next congress, where he was succeeded by Paulo Bento. On 25 January 2021, Alliance announced that Santana Lopes had sent a request for his party membership to be terminated. He considered that Alliance could only have a future without him, citing the fact that many people still link him to the

as the main reason.

Independent politician and return to Figueira da Foz

After Santana's announcement that he was leaving Alliance leadership, rumours started circulating that he could be preparing a return to the Social Democratic Party. In October 2020, at least one media outlet reported that its leader, Rui Rio, wanted Santana Lopes to be the party candidate for mayor of

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; in March 2021, it was reported that he had declined to be the party candidate for mayor of

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. His return to the Social Democratic Party was ruled out when it became known, in late March 2021, that he was seeking to create a citizen's group in order to run for mayor of Figueira da Foz, a position he held between 1998 and 2001. His candidacy, leading a list called Figueira The First (), was confirmed in May and generated significant interest, with opinion polls giving him real chances of winning. The candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Pedro Machado, launched on 10 August a legal action to invalidate Santana's candidacy due to alleged irregularities in its submission, which was rejected by the local court three days later. Figueira a Primeira would effectively become the winner, obtaining 40,39% and four councillors, against 38,39% for the Socialist Party, also with four councillors. The Social Democratic Party scored 10,83%, electing only one councillor. Under Portuguese law, the top candidate of the most voted list automatically becomes the mayor, but Santana will have to negotiate with other political groups in order to implement his agenda, since he didn't won a majority. He nevertheless considered the result "an extraordinary accomplishment". Santana Lopes took office as mayor of Figueira da Foz on 17 October 2021. On his inauguration speech, he announced to have reached a deal with the

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to build a campus on Figueira da Foz, dedicated to marine economy and sciences. The campus opened on 20 December 2022. On 20 April 2023, and without explicitly assuming a candidacy, Santana Lopes entertained the possibility of being a candidate for

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on the

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election, saying that he saw no one better qualified than himself. However, he placed himself definitely out of the race on 19 October 2023, few days after the outbreak of the

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, citing the current state of world affairs as the main reason. On 21 January 2024, Pedro Santana Lopes attended a convention of the Democratic Alliance, a coalition led by the Social Democratic Party in order to contest the 2024 legislative election. He made a speech praising

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, who reportedly felt moved while listening it. Since Santana formally remains an independent, his presence in the event again fuels speculation about his possible return to his former party.

Outside politics

After resigning as Secretary of State for Culture, Santana Lopes successfully ran for

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. Despite being in office for less than a year, the club won the 1994–1995

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under his leadership.

Electoral history

European Parliament election, 1987

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, , 648,700 , , 11.5 , , 3 , - , style="background:green;", , align="left", PRD , align=left , Medeiros Ferreira , , 250,158 , , 4.4 , , 1 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PPM , align=left ,

Miguel Esteves Cardoso Miguel Vicente Esteves Cardoso (born 25 July 1955) is a Portuguese writer, translator, critic and journalist. He is a well-known monarchist. Early life Cardoso was born in an upper-middle-class family in Lisbon. His father, Joaquim Carlos Estev ...

, , 155,990 , , 2.8 , , 0 , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 193,869 , , 3.4 , , 0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 142,715 , , 2.5 , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 5,639,650 , , 72.42 , , 24 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

PSD leadership election, 1995

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, align=right , 499 , align=right , 48.4 , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left , Pedro Santana Lopes , colspan="2" align=center, withdrew , - , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , align=right , 1,031 , align=center , , - , colspan="4" align=left, Source: Resultados

Figueira da Foz City Council election, 1997

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Seats ! align="center" style="width: 50px", +/− , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PSD , align=left , Pedro Santana Lopes , , 22,133 , , 59.9 , , 6 , , style="color:green;", +2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PS , align=left , Carlos Beja , , 11,227 , , 30.5 , , 3 , , style="color:red;", –2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , – , , 1,580 , , 4.3 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDS–PP , align=left , – , , 523 , , 1.4 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left",

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, align=left , – , , 204 , , 0.6 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 1,248 , , 3.4 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 36,965 , , 65.45 , , 9 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Autárquicas 1997

PSD leadership election, 2000

, align=right , 469 , align=right , 50.3 , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left , Pedro Santana Lopes , align=right , 313 , align=right , 33.6 , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left ,

, align=right , 150 , align=right , 16.1 , - , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , align=right , 932 , align=center , , - , colspan="4" align=left, Source: Congresso PSD

Lisbon City Council election, 2001

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Seats ! align="center" style="width: 50px", +/− , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PSD/ PPM , align=left , Pedro Santana Lopes , , 131,094 , , 42.1 , , 8 , , style="color:green;", +1 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PS/ CDU , align=left , João Soares , , 129,368 , , 41.5 , , 8 , , style="color:red;", –2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDS–PP , align=left ,

, , 23,637 , , 7.6 , , 1 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", BE , align=left ,

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, , 11,899 , , 3.8 , , 0 , , ''new'' , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 5,766 , , 1.9 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 9,718 , , 3.1 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 311,482 , , 54.83 , , 17 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Autárquicas 2001

PSD leadership election, 2004

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px", Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Pedro Santana Lopes , align=right , 98 , align=right , 97.0 , - , colspan=2 align=left , Against , align=right , 3 , align=right , 3.0 , - , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , align=right , 101 , align=center , , - , colspan="4" align=left, Source: Resultados

Legislative election, 2005

, - ! 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 ,

, , 2,588,312 , , 45.0 , , 121 , , style="color:green;", +25 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PSD , align=left , Pedro Santana Lopes , , 1,653,425 , , 28.8 , , 75 , , style="color:red;", –30 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left ,

Jerónimo de Sousa Jerónimo Carvalho de Sousa (; born 13 April 1947) is a Portuguese politician who served as General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party The Portuguese Communist Party (, , PCP) is a Communism, communist and Marxism–Leninism, Marxi ...

, , 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 ,

Francisco Louçã Francisco Anacleto Louçã (; born 12 November 1956) is a Portuguese economist and politician. Biography He is the second son of António Seixas Louçã, a Portuguese Navy Officer, and his wife Noémia da Rocha Neves Anacleto, lawyer, grandda ...

, , 364,971 , , 6.4 , , 8 , , style="color:green;", +5 , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 122,127 , , 2.1 , , 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

PSD leadership election, 2008

Manuela Ferreira Leite Maria Manuela Dias Ferreira Leite (; born 3 December 1940) is a Portuguese economist, pundit and retired politician. Ferreira Leite served as Minister of Education in Aníbal Cavaco Silva's third government, from 1993 to 1995, and as Minister ...

, align=right , 17,278 , align=right , 37.9 , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left ,

, align=right , 14,160 , align=right , 31.1 , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left , Pedro Santana Lopes , align=right , 13,495 , align=right , 29.6 , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left , Patinha Antão , align=right , 308 , align=right , 0.7 , - , colspan=2 align=left , Blank/Invalid ballots , align=right , 351 , align=right , 0.8 , - , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , align= 45,592 , align=right , 59.13 , - , colspan="4" align=left, Source: Resultados

Lisbon City Council election, 2009

, , 123,372 , , 44.0 , , 9 , , style="color:green;", +3 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PSD/ CDS–PP/ MPT/ PPM , align=left , Pedro Santana Lopes , , 108,457 , , 38.7 , , 7 , , style="color:green;", +4 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left ,

Ruben de Carvalho Ruben Luís Tristão de Carvalho e SilvaBiografia
BE , align=left ,

Luís Fazenda Luís Emídio Lopes Mateus Fazenda (born on 8 October 1957) is a Portuguese professor and politician. Family He is the son of Emídio Salvador Fazenda (born in Faro on December 19, 1929) and his wife Maria de Lourdes Ortigão Peres Lopes Mateus ...

, , 12,795 , , 4.6 , , 0 , , style="color:red;", –1 , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 5,911 , , 2.1 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 7,152 , , 2.5 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 280,310 , , 53.43 , , 17 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Autárquicas 2009

PSD leadership election, 2018

, align=right , 22,728 , align=right , 54.2 , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left , Pedro Santana Lopes , align=right , 19,244 , align=right , 45.8 , - , colspan=2 align=left , Blank/Invalid ballots , align=right , 683 , align=right , – , - , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , align=right , 42,655 , align=right , 60.34 , - , colspan="4" align=left, Source: Resultados

Legislative election, 2019

, , 1,903,687 , , 36.3 , , 108 , , style="color:green;", +22 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PSD , align=left ,

, , 1,454,283 , , 27.8 , , 79 , , style="color:red;", –10 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", BE , align=left , Catarina Martins , , 498,549 , , 9.5 , , 19 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left ,

, , 332,018 , , 6.3 , , 12 , , style="color:red;", –5 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDS–PP , align=left ,

Assunção Cristas Maria de Assunção de Oliveira Cristas Machado da Graça (born 28 September 1974) is a Portuguese lawyer, professor and politician. She was the President of the CDS – People's Party from 2016 to 2020. Since 2017 she's also opposition leader c ...

, , 221,094 , , 4.2 , , 5 , , style="color:red;", –13 , - , style="background:teal;", , align="left", PAN , align=left , André Silva , , 173,931 , , 3.3 , , 4 , , style="color:green;", +3 , - , style="background:#202056;", , align="left", Chega , align=left ,

André Ventura André Claro Amaral Ventura (; born 15 January 1983) is a Portuguese far-right politician, former sports pundit and trainee priest, and founder of the right-wing populist political party Chega. He acts as the leader of the opposition since Cheg ...

, , 67,502 , , 1.3 , , 1 , , ''new'' , - , style="background:;", , align="left", IL , align=left ,

Carlos Guimarães Pinto Carlos Manuel Guimarães Oliveira Pinto, better known as Carlos Guimarães Pinto (born in Espinho, Portugal, in 1983), is a Portuguese economist, author, university professor, think tank executive, blogger and politician. A prominent member of ...

, , 67,443 , , 1.3 , , 1 , , ''new'' , - , style="background:;", , align="left",

Livre Livre may refer to: Currency * French livre, one of a number of obsolete units of currency of France * Livre tournois, one particular obsolete unit of currency of France * Livre parisis, another particular obsolete unit of currency of France * Fre ...

, align=left , ''Collective leadership'' , , 56,940 , , 1.1 , , 1 , , style="color:green;", +1 , - , style="background:#6AD1E3;", , align="left",

, align=left , Pedro Santana Lopes , , 40,175 , , 0.8 , , 0 , , ''new'' , - , style="background:white;", , colspan="2" align="left", Other parties , 166,987 , , 3.2 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 254,875 , , 4.9 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 5,237,484 , , 48.60 , , 230 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Figueira da Foz City Council election, 2021

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Seats ! align="center" style="width: 50px", +/− , - , style="background:;", , align="left", Ind. , align=left , Pedro Santana Lopes , , 12,528 , , 40.4 , , 4 , , ''new'' , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PS , align=left , Carlos Monteiro , , 11,909 , , 38.4 , , 4 , , style="color:red;", –2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", PSD , align=left ,

Pedro Machado Pedro Miguel Ruas Machado (born 22 June 1996) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Canadian Premier League club Pacific FC. Career He made his Taça da Liga debut for Casa Pia on 28 July 2019 in a game against ...

, , 3,358 , , 10.8 , , 1 , , style="color:red;", –2 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , Bernardo dos Reis , , 831 , , 2.7 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", BE , align=left , Rui Miguel da Silva , , 637 , , 2.1 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDS–PP , align=left , Miguel Chaves , , 361 , , 1.2 , , 0 , , ±0 , - , colspan="3" align="left", Blank/Invalid ballots , 1,395 , , 4.5 , , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="3" align="left", Turnout , 31,019 , , 56.48 , , 9 , , ±0 , - , colspan="7" align=left, Source: Autárquicas 2021

Honours

National

Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (19 January 2010)

Foreign

*: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash of the

Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria () is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria. It is divided into 15 classes and is the highest award in the Austrian national honours system. History The Decoration of Hono ...

(11 November 2004) *: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Southern Cross (28 August 1991 and 31 December 2003) *: Grand Cross of the

Hungarian Order of Merit The Hungarian Order of Merit () is the fourth highest State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the Order of Merit of the K ...

(27 October 2002) *: Grand Cordon of the

Order of Ouissam Alaouite The Order of Ouissam Alaouite () or the Sharifian Order of Al-Alaoui is a military decoration of Morocco which is bestowed by the King of Morocco upon those civilians and military officers who have displayed heroism in combat or have contribute ...

(20 February 1995)

Bibliography

* Co-author with

: Sistema de Governo e Sistema Partidário, Livraria Bertrand, 1980 * Portugal e a Europa: Que Futuro?, 1989 * Os Sistemas de Governos Mistos e o actual Sistema Português, Difel Editorial, 2001 * Figueira, a Minha História'', 2005 * Palavras Escritas, Elo, 2005 * Percepções e Realidade, Alêtheia Editores, 2006 * A Cidade é de todos, Livros d'Hoje, 2009 * Pecado Original, D. Quixote, 2013

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Santana Lopes, Pedro 1956 births Living people Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Mayors of Figueira da Foz Mayors of Lisbon Prime ministers of Portugal Portuguese Roman Catholics Portuguese football chairmen and investors Social Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians Sporting CP presidents University of Lisbon alumni 20th-century Portuguese lawyers Portuguese association football commentators Portuguese political party founders

Background and early life

Political career

Prime minister

Subsequent career and activities

Alliance (2018–2021)

Independent politician and return to Figueira da Foz

Outside politics

Electoral history

European Parliament election, 1987

PSD leadership election, 1995

Figueira da Foz City Council election, 1997

PSD leadership election, 2000

Lisbon City Council election, 2001

PSD leadership election, 2004

Legislative election, 2005

PSD leadership election, 2008

Lisbon City Council election, 2009

PSD leadership election, 2018

Legislative election, 2019

Figueira da Foz City Council election, 2021

Honours

National

Foreign

Bibliography

See also

Footnotes