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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] [Amazon] |
Excellency
Excellency is an honorific style (manner of address), style given to certain high-level officers of a sovereign state, officials of an international organization, or members of an aristocracy. Once entitled to the title "Excellency", the holder usually retains the right to that courtesy throughout their lifetime, although in some cases the title is attached to a particular office and is held only during tenure of that office. Generally people addressed as ''Excellency'' are heads of state, heads of government, governors, ambassadors, Roman Catholic bishops, high-ranking ecclesiastics, and others holding equivalent rank, such as heads of international organizations. Members of royal families generally have distinct addresses such as Majesty, Highness, etc.. While not a title of office itself, the honorific ''Excellency'' precedes various titles held by the holder, both in speech and in writing. In reference to such an official, it takes the form ''His'' or ''Her Excellency''; in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Mayors Of Lisbon
This is a list of mayors of Lisbon (, literally: "President of the Municipal Chamber of Lisbon", and also , literally: "President of the Municipality of Lisbon"), the capital city of Portugal, and also the most populated. This office is considered one of the most important in Portugal's politics, even more sought than the office of ''Council of Ministers (Portugal), minister'' (following António Costa's resignation from a ministerial position to contest the 2007 elections, which he won). Graphical timeline (since 1974) Mayors of Lisbon See also * Lisbon City Hall * Lisbon History of Lisbon, history and Timeline of Lisbon, timeline * :Local and regional elections in Portugal, Local elections in Portugal References * * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayors of Lisbon Government of Lisbon Mayors of Lisbon, * Lists of mayors, Lisbon Lists of political office-holders in Portugal Lisbon-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Member Of The Assembly Of The Republic (Portugal)
The Assembly of the Republic (, ), commonly referred to as simply Parliament (), is the unicameral parliament of Portugal. According to the Constitution of Portugal, the parliament "is the representative assembly of all Portuguese citizens". The constitution names the assembly as one of the country's organs of supreme authority. It meets in São Bento Palace, the historical site of an old Benedictine monastery. The palace has been the seat of the Portuguese parliaments since 1834 (Cortes until 1910, Congress from 1911 to 1926 and National Assembly from 1933 to 1974). Powers and duties of the Assembly The Assembly of the Republic's powers derive from its ability to dismiss a government through a vote of no confidence, to change the country's laws, and to amend the constitution (which requires a majority of two-thirds). In addition to these key powers, the constitution grants to the Assembly extensive legislative powers and substantial control over the budget, the right to authori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Luís Marques Mendes
Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes (born 5 September 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, and a former Leader of the Social Democratic Party. Background He is a son of António Marques Mendes and wife Maria Isabel Gonçalves. Career He has a Licentiate in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. He started his career as a lawyer. As a member of the Social Democratic Party he became Secretary of State and Spokesman of the Government of Prof. Aníbal Cavaco Silva. He has also been a Deputy to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic. He was elected the President of his Party in 2005 after Pedro Santana Lopes and was succeeded in September 2007 by Luís Filipe Menezes. He is also a Member of the Portuguese Council of State, elected by the Assembly of the Republic. Family He married in Guimarães, Vermil, on 24 April 1982, to Rosa Sofia Pinto Martins Salazar, born in Guimarães, Vermil, on 8 May 1957, a Licentiate in Modern Literatures and L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ministry Of Parliamentary Affairs (Portugal)
The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs is the member of the Government of Portugal responsible for its relations with the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Assembly of the Republic and other parliamentary groups. List of Ministers References External linksOfficial page of the Government of Portugal Government ministries of Portugal, Parliamentary Affairs Parliamentary affairs ministries, Portugal {{Portugal-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Celeste Cardona
Celeste Cardona is Portuguese lawyer and politician. She is a former Minister of Justice and a former deputy in the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal. Early life Maria Celeste Ferreira Lopes Cardona was born on 30 June 1951 in Anadia in the Aveiro District of Portugal. She graduated in law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, following this with a master's degree in tax law and a doctorate in legal and economic sciences, presenting a thesis on independent regulatory authorities. Career Cardona taught administrative and tax law as an assistant professor at the University of Lisbon law faculty. She also worked for the Portuguese Centre for Tax Studies at the Ministry of Finance and has represented Portugal at the OECD. She was appointed administrator of Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) a state-owned bank, in 2005. In this context she was criticised for her role in the CGD's loan of money to a leading Portuguese businessman, Joe Berardo. She became a member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
António Guterres
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres (born 30 April 1949) is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who is serving as the ninth and current secretary-general of the United Nations since 2017. A member of the Socialist Party (Portugal), Portuguese Socialist Party, Guterres served as the prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002. Guterres served as secretary-general of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He 1995 Portuguese legislative election, was elected prime minister in 1995 and announced his resignation in 2002, after his party was defeated in the 2001 Portuguese local elections. After six years governing without an absolute majority and with a poor economy, the Socialist Party did worse than expected because of losses in Lisbon and Porto, where polls indicated that they had a solid lead. Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues assumed the Socialist Party leadership in January 2002, but Guterres would remain as prime minister until the 2002 Portuguese legislative election, ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ministry Of Justice (Portugal)
The Ministry of Justice () is the Portuguese government ministry responsible for the administration of the judiciary system. It is headed by the Minister of Justice. The Ministry of Justice should not be confused with the Public Ministry. This last one is not a Government ministry - despite the name - but the independent body of magistrates of the Judiciary charged with the public prosecution and the legal representation of the State before the courts. Unlike usual in other countries, the Portuguese Minister of Justice does not have any kind of hierarchic authority over the public prosecutors. Roles The roles of the Ministry of Justice include: * to conceive, to conduct, to execute and to assess the policy of Justice defined by the Assembly of the Republic and by the Government; * to assure the relationship of the Government with the courts, the Public Ministry, the Higher Council of Magistrates and the Higher Council of the Administrative and Tax Courts. History The pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rui Pereira (politician)
Rui Pereira (born 24 March 1956) was a Portuguese Minister of Internal Administration ''(Ministro da Administração Interna)''. He took office on 17 May 2007 and ended service in 2011. Before that he was a Constitutional Court A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law. Its main authority is to rule on whether laws that are challenged are in fact unconstitutional, i.e. whether they conflict with constitutionally established ru ... judge. External linksProfile at the Ministry of Internal Administration27 November 2009 Accident involving Secretary of State 1956 births Living people Government ministers of Portugal Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians 20th-century Portuguese judges {{Portugal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
José Sócrates
José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa (born 6 September 1957), commonly known as José Sócrates (), is a Portuguese politician who was the prime minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011. For the second half of 2007, he acted as president-in-office of the Council of the European Union. Sócrates grew up in the industrial city of Covilhã. He joined the centre-left Socialist Party in 1981 and was elected as a member of parliament in 1987. Sócrates entered the government in 1995, as secretary of state for Environment in the first cabinet of António Guterres. Two years later, he became Minister of Youth and Sports (where he helped to organize Portugal's successful bid to host UEFA Euro 2004) and in 1999 became Minister for Environment. Sócrates prominence rose during the governments of António Guterres to the point that when the prime minister resigned in 2001, he considered appointing Sócrates as his successor. In opposition, José Sócrates was elected l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ministry Of Internal Administration (Portugal)
The Ministry of Internal Administration ( or ''MAI''), is the Portuguese government ministry responsible for public security, civil defense, electoral administration, road traffic safety, and immigration and refugee affairs. History The ministry was created in 1736 by King John V of Portugal as the Secretariat of State for the Interior Affairs of the Kingdom (''Secretaria de Estado dos Negócios Interiores do Reino''), later being known simply as the Ministry of the Kingdom (''Ministério do Reino''). In 1910, after the establishment of the Portuguese First Republic, the ministry was renamed Ministry of the Interior (''Ministério do Interior''). In 1974, after the Carnation Revolution, it was again renamed, becoming the Ministry of Internal Administration. References External links Interior Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Carmona Rodrigues
António Pedro Nobre Carmona Rodrigues (; born 23 June 1956 in Alvalade, Lisbon), grand-nephew of Óscar Carmona, is a university professor and a Portuguese politician. He was mayor of Lisbon (2004–2005, 2005–2007), and Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Habitation and the Minister of Cities in the 15th Constitutional Government of Portugal. Background He is the son of António Óscar Carmona Rodrigues ( Chaves, 17 December 1913 – 25 May 1975), a maternal nephew of his namesake António Óscar Fragoso Carmona, and wife Diogilda Nobre de Carvalho (Mafra, 14 February 1918 – 27 September 2009). Engineering In 1978, Carmona Rodrigues obtained a degree in Civil Engineering at the Military Academy, in Lisbon. He started his professional career at Hidroprojecto, a large consulting firm in Portugal. Between 1981 and 1982, he made a post-graduation course in Hydraulic Engineering at IHE Delft, The Netherlands. Upon returning to Portugal, he was invited to be an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
