The 2007 CDS – People's Party leadership election was held on 21 April 2007. The incumbent leader since 2005,
José Ribeiro e Castro, faced former leader and his predecessor
Paulo Portas
Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas (born 12 September 1962, ) is a Portuguese media and political figure, who has, since the 1990s, been one of Portugal's leading conservative politicians. He was the leader of one of Portugal's right-wing parties, ...
, who requested a leadership election looking to return to the party's leadership just 2 years after his resignation following the
2005 legislative election.
Paulo Portas
Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas (born 12 September 1962, ) is a Portuguese media and political figure, who has, since the 1990s, been one of Portugal's leading conservative politicians. He was the leader of one of Portugal's right-wing parties, ...
won the election by a landslide, returning to his former post as leader of the
CDS – People's Party
The CDS – People's Party (, derived from ''Centro Democrático e Social – Partido Popular'', CDS–PP)
and later contesting the
2009 legislative election.
Candidates
Results
See also
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CDS – People's Party
The CDS – People's Party (, derived from ''Centro Democrático e Social – Partido Popular'', CDS–PP)
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List of political parties in Portugal
This article lists political parties in Portugal. The Portuguese political scene has been dominated by the Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party (Portugal), Social Democratic Party since the 1974 Carnation Re ...
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Elections in Portugal
Elections in Portugal are free, fair, and regularly held, in accordance with election law.
Only the elections since the Carnation Revolution of 1974 are listed here. During the period encompassing the Constitutional Monarchy and the First Republ ...
References
External links
CDS–PP Official Website
{{CDS – People's Party Leadership Elections
CDS – People's Party
2007 in Portugal
Political party leadership elections in Portugal
2007 elections in Portugal
CDS – People's Party leadership election