José Duarte de Almeida Ribeiro e Castro (born

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, 24 December 1953)http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=5570 is a Portuguese

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and

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. He was the leader of the People's Party from 24 April 2005 to 2007, when he was replaced again by

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. He was also a

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(MEP) from 1999 to 2009, for the

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– People's Party coalition; part of the European People's Party–European Democrats

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Education

He is a Graduate in law (Lisbon, 1975).

Politician

He was a member of

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Municipal Assembly (1982-1985). *EPP/ED group coordinator at the Human Rights Subcommittee in the European Parliament (since 2004). *Member and Chairman of Sintra Municipal Assembly (since 2002). *Legal adviser to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (since 1991). *Member of the Higher Council for Social Policy of the Ministry of Social Affairs (1988–1990). *Member of the

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(1976–1983 and 1999). *Adviser and assistant to the Ministry of Education (1987–1991). *Secretary of State in the Deputy Prime Minister's Office (1980 and 1981–1983).

CDS

He is a member of the National Board of the CDS party (1975–1983) and the CDS-PP (1998-2003). Member of the CDS-PP’s National Board Executive Committee (since 2004). Vice-Chairman of the CDS’ parliamentary group for 1981 and CDS spokesman 1976–1983.

Career

He founded Juventude Centrista in 1974. He worked as a legal expert and counsellor (1976–1999). He worked in television, being a member (1988–1990), and Chairman (1990–1991), of the inspection board of RTP (Portuguese Radio and Television). Between 1991 and 1999, he held a number of managerial posts at TVI television. He was vice-chairman of ''

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'' for 1997–1998. He is a contributor to various newspapers.

References

1957 births CDS – People's Party politicians Living people Members of the 1st Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Members of the 2nd Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Members of the 8th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Members of the 11th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Members of the 12th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) MEPs for Portugal 2004–2009 MEPs for Portugal 1999–2004 People from Lisbon {{Portugal-MEP-stub