Pedro Passos Coelho
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Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho (ˈpeðɾu mɐnuˈɛɫ ˈpasuʃ kuˈeʎu), (born in Coimbra
, on July 24, 1964) is Prime Minister of Portugal
. Passos Coelho started very early in politics, becoming the national leader of the youth branch of the Social Democratic Party
. A business manager
by trade, he was elected President of the Social Democratic Party and has led the XIX Governo Constitucional (19th Constitutional Government of Portugal
) as head of government since 21 June 2011.
in Coimbra
, Portugal, in 24 July 1964. He is the younger son of a medical doctor, António Passos Coelho (born Vale de Nogueiras, Vila Real, Douro, 31 May 1926) and the woman he married in 1955, a nurse, Maria Rodrigues Santos Mamede (born Santana da Serra, Ourique, Baixo Alentejo
, c. 1930). He has an older sister, Maria Teresa Mamede Passos Coelho, a medical doctor, and an older brother, Miguel Mamede Passos Coelho, who was born with cerebral palsy
.
He spent his childhood in Angola
—one of Portugal's overseas possessions by then—where his father practised medicine
. After the Carnation Revolution
of 1974 and the independence of the territory as the People's Republic of Angola
, he returned with his family to Europe and settled in Vila Real
, Northern Portugal.
He started very early in politics, as a 14 year old boy, and had a long and prominent career in the youth branch of the Social Democratic Party
(PSD), the JSD, where he was a member of the National Council (1980–1982). As a young student, his academic interests, vocations and ambitions where directed towards a future career in medicine, in order to follow his father and older sister steps, or instead mathematics. However, his largest ambition and vocation revolved around politics.
and later Luanda
, in the Portuguese territory of Angola
, until the age of 10. His parents went to the Portuguese African territory of Angola to work there among the native rural populations who where plagued by tropical diseases such as tuberculosis
. Firstly, Pedro studied in a nun
-run Catholic
school, then in the public school, and again in another Catholic school run by the Maristas. Then, after the Carnation Revolution
in 1974, and the dismantling of the Portuguese Overseas Empire in Africa, he returned to Europe
, settling in his grandparents estate, in Valnogueiras, near the city of Vila Real
, Norte Region, Portugal
. In order to attend a secondary education institution in Vila Real, the Liceu Nacional Camilo Castelo-Branco (Camilo Castelo-Branco National High School), he moved to the city. His father only rejoined the family in 1975, the year that Angola became an independent territory known as the People's Republic of Angola
. At the age of 19, Passos Coelho went to Lisbon
in order to study mathematics
at the University of Lisbon. This course was his second option after medicine at the same university, however he did not reach by a fraction the extremely high marks needed to be admitted in the Lisbon Medical School. Meanwhile he had taught mathemathics at the Escola Secundária de Vila Pouca de Aguiar
high school for a year (1982/1983). In Lisbon, he made a living by working as a part-time private mathematics tutor, and continued to develop his political career as a promising figure of the PSD youth branch (JSD). He was elected vice-president of JSD in 1987, and president in 1991. However, Pedro did not graduate in mathematics by the University of Lisbon. He had his first child when he was 24 years old (1988), just before he was married for the first time to Fátima Padinha, former member of girl band Doce
. After dropping out the University of Lisbon he would enroll in 1999 for the Lusíada University
from where he would be awarded a degree in Economics in 2001, when he was 37 years old, and had already been member of the parliament between 1991–1999, among other attributions (he worked in a public relations
capacity during the late 1980s in Qimibro, a metal
s broker
and trading
firm founded by José Manuel Bento dos Santos
and Eduardo Catroga
, after invitation by a cousin who worked there).
(PSD), the JSD, where he was a member of the National Council (1980–1982) and Chairman of the Political Committee (1990–1995). He was a Lisbon
deputy to the Assembly of the Republic
in the VI and VII Legislatures (1991–1999); he also joined the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO (1991–1995) and was vice chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the PSD
(1996–1999). In 1997, he ran for mayor of Amadora
without success, but was elected municipal councillor (1997–2001). After has been member of the parliament from 1991 to 1999, Passos Coelho became eligible by law to a life pension, however, he declined the offer.
He was awarded a degree
in economics
by Lusíada University
(Lisbon) when he was 37 (2001). He became a consultant
with Tecnoformas (2000–2004), consultant of consultants LDN (2001–2004), Director of the Training Department and coordinator of the Program of Seminars URBE – Núcleos Urbanos de Pesquisa e Intervenção (2003–2004). He joined the company Fomentinvest
as a CFO (2004–2006) working with Ângelo Correia
, chairman of Fomentinvest and also a noted member of the PSD. Correia, an experienced member of PSD, is a close friend of Passos Coelho, both inside their party and corporate governance careers, and is considered Passos Coelho's political mentor
. Passos Coelho became a member of the Executive (in 2007), accumulating the functions of chairman of the Board of the HLCTejo (2007–2009).
He was vice-president of the PSD
during the leadership of Luis Marques Mendes
(2005–2006), and has also been president of the Municipal Assembly of Vila Real Municipality since 2005; he was a presidential candidate for the PSD in May, 2008, where he proposed for the first time a programmatic review of the party's orientation. Defeated by Manuela Ferreira Leite
, he founded, with a group of his supporters, the think-tank Construir Ideias (Building Ideas). On 21 January 2010, his book Mudar ("To Change") was published, and he was again candidate for the leadership of the PSD for the direct elections in March 2010; he was elected president of the PSD on 26 March 2010.
By 2010, in a context of sovereign default
, he tried to persuade the Socialist government under the leadership of José Sócrates
to adopt a package of austerity measures in order to maintain economic stability, but the government failed to do so, leading to a vote of no confidence that removed the government on 23 March 2011, and the general election of 5 June 2011
.
, Greater Lisbon. He was married to Fátima Padinha, a former singer with the girl band Doce
, by whom he has two daughters, Joana Padinha Passos Coelho (born 1988) and Catarina Padinha Passos Coelho (born 1993), and he is now married to Laura Ferreira, a physiotherapy technician, born in Bissau
, Portuguese Guinea
, by whom he has one daughter, Júlia Ferreira Passos Coelho (born 2007). His older daughter, Joana Padinha Passos Coelho suffered a life threatening accident at young age, with sequels. Apart from his native language
, he is fluent in English
.
, Passos Coelho was elected Prime Minister of Portugal
. He achieved a historical win for his political party, the PSD, defeating José Sócrates
of the Socialists. Through a coalition with CDS-PP, Passos Coelho and the PSD were in position to form a right-wing majority in the Portuguese Parliament. Immediately after the election, he started conversations with Christian-Democratic President Paulo Portas
to form the coalition.
/IMF
-led rescue plan for Portugal's sovereign debt crisis. The rescue plan included widespread tax increases and reforms aimed at better efficiency and rationalized resource allocation in the public sector
, in order to reduce the number of unnecessary civil servants and chronic public sector's overcapacity. They also included the privatization of at least one channel of the public radio and television RTP
network, the Caixa Geral de Depósitos
' insurance operations, and some parts of the National Service of Health. His coalition partner Paulo Portas
of CDS-PP, expressed publicly his disapproval for some of Passos Coelho's proposals. Passos Coelho entered office as a renowned social conservative, who opposes abortion, except for extreme cases, euthanasia and same-sex marriage, supporting same-sex civil unions instead. It was not certain if he would try to overrule the previous José Sócrates
-led Socialist government laws that allowed abortion until 10 weeks and same-sex marriage in Portugal. During the campaign, he admitted the reavaluation of the current abortion law, approved in 2007, after a referendum, that allowed it under any circumstance until 10 weeks of pregnancy. Other creations of the previous cabinets led by former Prime Minister José Sócrates were criticized by Passos Coelho, including the state-sponsored Novas Oportunidades educational qualification program for unschooled adults, which was dubbed a fraud due to alleged low standards of intellectual rigor and academic integrity.
/IMF
-led rescue plan for Portugal's sovereign debt crisis, in July and August 2011, his government announced it was going to cut on state spending and increase austerity measures, including additional tax increases, but it will also have a social emergency package to help the poorest citizens. As time went on it became increasingly clear that a series of supplementary measures would be taken during the course of the year as a means to restrain an out-of-control budget deficit. These included sharp cuts in spending on state-run healthcare
, education
and social security
systems. His cabinet enforced reforms of the local administration to save money avoiding unnecessary resource allocation and redundancy. This included extinguish the 18 civil governments (Governo Civil) located across the country and a large number of freguesias. According to the Portuguese Statistics Bureau
, there were 4,261 freguesias in Portugal .
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| Manuela Ferreira Leite
| 17,224
| 37.9
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| Pedro Passos Coelho
| 14,134
| 31.1
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| Pedro Santana Lopes
| 13,427
| 29.4
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| Patinha Antão
| 308
| 0.7
|-
|bgcolor=white|
| Blank Ballots
| 254
| 0.6
|-
|bgcolor=white|
| Invalid Ballots
| 97
| 0.2
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2| Total
| 45,444
| 100.0
|}
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| Pedro Passos Coelho
| 31,671
| 61.2
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| Paulo Rangel
| 17,821
| 34.4
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| José Pedro Aguiar Branco
| 1,769
| 3.4
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| Castanheira Barros
| 138
| 0.3
|-
|bgcolor=white|
| Blank Ballots
| 241
| 0.5
|-
|bgcolor=white|
| Invalid Ballots
| 108
| 0.2
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2| Total
| 51,748
| 100.0
|}
! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Parties
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±pp
swing
! colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|MPs
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center"|2009
! align="center"|2011
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|MPs %/votes %
|-
|2,145,452||38.63||9.5||78||105||27||45.65||13.4
|-
|1,557,864||28.05||8.5||96||73||23||31.74||10.4
|-
|652,194||11.74||1.3||21||24||3||10.43||1.3
|-
|440,850||7.94||0.0||15||16||1||6.96||0.4
|-
|288,076||5.19||4.6||16||8||8||3.48||3.5
|-
|62,491||1.13||0.2||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
|-
|57,634||1.04||—||—||0||—||0.00||—
|-
|22,494||0.41||0.3||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
|-
|21,748||0.39||0.1||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
|-
|17,620||0.32||0.1||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
|-
|16,722||0.30||0.2||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
|-
|14,978||0.27||0.0||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
|-
|11,671||0.21||0.2||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
|-
|8,210||0.15||0.0||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
|-
|4,601||0.08||0.0||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
|-
|4,531||0.08||—||—||0||—||0.00||—
|-
|3,528||0.06||—||—||0||—||0.00||—
|-
|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid
|width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,330,664
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|95.98
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.9
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|230
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|226*
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.0
|-
|colspan=2|Blank ballots
|148,058||2.67||0.9||colspan=5 rowspan=3|
|-
|colspan=2|Invalid ballots
|75,280||1.36||0.0
|-
|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 58.90%)
|width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,554,002
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.8
|-
| colspan=10 align=left |*4 seats to represent Overseas Portuguese are not yet known.
|-
| colspan=10 align=left | Source: STAPE Election results
|}
|-
|-
|-
Coimbra
Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...
, on July 24, 1964) is Prime Minister of Portugal
Prime Minister of Portugal
Prime Minister is the current title of the chief of the Portuguese Government. As chief executive, the Prime Minister coordinates the action of ministers, representing the Government from the other organs of state, accountable to Parliament and keeps the President informed...
. Passos Coelho started very early in politics, becoming the national leader of the youth branch of the Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...
. A business manager
Management
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by trade, he was elected President of the Social Democratic Party and has led the XIX Governo Constitucional (19th Constitutional Government of Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
) as head of government since 21 June 2011.
Early years
Pedro Passos Coelho was born in the parish of Sé NovaSé Nova
Sé Nova is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Coimbra ,in the city of Coimbra. It has a population of 8,295 inhabitants and a total area of 1.43 km².-Monuments worthy:*Colégio de São Jerónimo...
in Coimbra
Coimbra
Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...
, Portugal, in 24 July 1964. He is the younger son of a medical doctor, António Passos Coelho (born Vale de Nogueiras, Vila Real, Douro, 31 May 1926) and the woman he married in 1955, a nurse, Maria Rodrigues Santos Mamede (born Santana da Serra, Ourique, Baixo Alentejo
Baixo Alentejo Province
Baixo Alentejo was a Portuguese province. It was abolished with the Constitution of 1976.- Subregions :The area is equal to the area covered by Baixo Alentejo Subregion and Alentejo Litoral Subregion.-Municipalities:...
, c. 1930). He has an older sister, Maria Teresa Mamede Passos Coelho, a medical doctor, and an older brother, Miguel Mamede Passos Coelho, who was born with cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
.
He spent his childhood in Angola
Angola (Portugal)
Angola is the common name by which the Portuguese colony in southwestern Africa was known across different periods of time...
—one of Portugal's overseas possessions by then—where his father practised medicine
Medicine
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. After the Carnation Revolution
Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25 de Abril , was a military coup started on 25 April 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, coupled with an unanticipated and extensive campaign of civil resistance...
of 1974 and the independence of the territory as the People's Republic of Angola
People's Republic of Angola
The People's Republic of Angola was a self-declared socialist state that was established in 1975 after it was granted independence from Portugal, akin to the situation in Mozambique. The newly-founded nation enjoyed friendly relations with the Soviet Union, Cuba, and the People's Republic of...
, he returned with his family to Europe and settled in Vila Real
Vila Real, Portugal
Vila Real is a city in Vila Real Municipality, Trás-os-Montes, northern Portugal.According to the 2001 census, the city had a total of 24,481 inhabitants.- History :...
, Northern Portugal.
He started very early in politics, as a 14 year old boy, and had a long and prominent career in the youth branch of the Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...
(PSD), the JSD, where he was a member of the National Council (1980–1982). As a young student, his academic interests, vocations and ambitions where directed towards a future career in medicine, in order to follow his father and older sister steps, or instead mathematics. However, his largest ambition and vocation revolved around politics.
Education
Passos Coelho went to Africa at 5 years old, and studied in basic schools of the cities of Silva PortoKuito
Kuito is a city located in central Angola. It is the administrative capital of Bié Province. Under Portuguese rule until 1975, it was called Silva Porto. Kuito was under siege in 1993/94 and again in 1998/99 by the rebel forces from UNITA...
and later Luanda
Luanda
Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...
, in the Portuguese territory of Angola
Angola (Portugal)
Angola is the common name by which the Portuguese colony in southwestern Africa was known across different periods of time...
, until the age of 10. His parents went to the Portuguese African territory of Angola to work there among the native rural populations who where plagued by tropical diseases such as tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
. Firstly, Pedro studied in a nun
Nun
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-run Catholic
Catholic
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school, then in the public school, and again in another Catholic school run by the Maristas. Then, after the Carnation Revolution
Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25 de Abril , was a military coup started on 25 April 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, coupled with an unanticipated and extensive campaign of civil resistance...
in 1974, and the dismantling of the Portuguese Overseas Empire in Africa, he returned to Europe
Europe
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, settling in his grandparents estate, in Valnogueiras, near the city of Vila Real
Vila Real, Portugal
Vila Real is a city in Vila Real Municipality, Trás-os-Montes, northern Portugal.According to the 2001 census, the city had a total of 24,481 inhabitants.- History :...
, Norte Region, Portugal
Portugal
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. In order to attend a secondary education institution in Vila Real, the Liceu Nacional Camilo Castelo-Branco (Camilo Castelo-Branco National High School), he moved to the city. His father only rejoined the family in 1975, the year that Angola became an independent territory known as the People's Republic of Angola
People's Republic of Angola
The People's Republic of Angola was a self-declared socialist state that was established in 1975 after it was granted independence from Portugal, akin to the situation in Mozambique. The newly-founded nation enjoyed friendly relations with the Soviet Union, Cuba, and the People's Republic of...
. At the age of 19, Passos Coelho went to Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
in order to study mathematics
Mathematics
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at the University of Lisbon. This course was his second option after medicine at the same university, however he did not reach by a fraction the extremely high marks needed to be admitted in the Lisbon Medical School. Meanwhile he had taught mathemathics at the Escola Secundária de Vila Pouca de Aguiar
Vila Pouca de Aguiar
Vila Pouca de Aguiar is a municipality in northern Portugal with an area of 437.07 km², and population of approximately 14837 inhabitants...
high school for a year (1982/1983). In Lisbon, he made a living by working as a part-time private mathematics tutor, and continued to develop his political career as a promising figure of the PSD youth branch (JSD). He was elected vice-president of JSD in 1987, and president in 1991. However, Pedro did not graduate in mathematics by the University of Lisbon. He had his first child when he was 24 years old (1988), just before he was married for the first time to Fátima Padinha, former member of girl band Doce
Doce
Doce was a Portuguese female band from the 1980s. It was one of the first girl bands in Europe.The girls took part in the Portuguese national final in order to represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Doce" , but came second, and in 1981 with the song "Ali-Bábá, um...
. After dropping out the University of Lisbon he would enroll in 1999 for the Lusíada University
Lusíada University
The Lusíada University is a Portuguese private university headquartered in Lisbon. The university's motto is sol lucet omnibus .-History:...
from where he would be awarded a degree in Economics in 2001, when he was 37 years old, and had already been member of the parliament between 1991–1999, among other attributions (he worked in a public relations
Public relations
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capacity during the late 1980s in Qimibro, a metal
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s broker
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and trading
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firm founded by José Manuel Bento dos Santos
José Manuel Bento dos Santos
José Manuel Bento dos Santos is a Portuguese cook, gastronomer, businessman, trader, metals broker, writer and chemical engineer. Bento dos Santos studied chemical-industrial engineering at the Instituto Superior Técnico , Technical University of Lisbon...
and Eduardo Catroga
Eduardo Catroga
Eduardo Catroga, is a Portuguese economist and former minister of Finance for two years during the Cavaco Silva's PSD government between 1993 and 1995. After had been an employee of Companhia União Fabril before the Carnation Revolution of 1974, he co-founded in Lisbon with José Bento dos Santos,...
, after invitation by a cousin who worked there).
Political career
Starting very early in politics, he had a long career in the youth branch of the Social Democratic PartySocial Democratic Party (Portugal)
The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...
(PSD), the JSD, where he was a member of the National Council (1980–1982) and Chairman of the Political Committee (1990–1995). He was a Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
deputy to the Assembly of the Republic
Assembly of the Republic
The Assembly of the Republic is the Portuguese parliament. It is located in a historical building in Lisbon, referred to as Palácio de São Bento, the site of an old Benedictine monastery...
in the VI and VII Legislatures (1991–1999); he also joined the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO (1991–1995) and was vice chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the PSD
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...
(1996–1999). In 1997, he ran for mayor of Amadora
Amadora
Amadora is a city and a municipality in Portugal, in the northwest of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The city and municipality population is 175,872 in eleven freguesias . With an area of 23.77 km², it is the most densely populated municipality of Portugal...
without success, but was elected municipal councillor (1997–2001). After has been member of the parliament from 1991 to 1999, Passos Coelho became eligible by law to a life pension, however, he declined the offer.
He was awarded a degree
Academic degree
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in economics
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by Lusíada University
Lusíada University
The Lusíada University is a Portuguese private university headquartered in Lisbon. The university's motto is sol lucet omnibus .-History:...
(Lisbon) when he was 37 (2001). He became a consultant
Consultant
A consultant is a professional who provides professional or expert advice in a particular area such as management, accountancy, the environment, entertainment, technology, law , human resources, marketing, emergency management, food production, medicine, finance, life management, economics, public...
with Tecnoformas (2000–2004), consultant of consultants LDN (2001–2004), Director of the Training Department and coordinator of the Program of Seminars URBE – Núcleos Urbanos de Pesquisa e Intervenção (2003–2004). He joined the company Fomentinvest
Fomentinvest
Fomentinvest is a Portuguese investment holding company headquartered in Lisbon. It comprises three main businesses: Fomentinvest ambiente ; Fomentinvest atmosfera ; and Fomentinvest energia .-Businesses:...
as a CFO (2004–2006) working with Ângelo Correia
Ângelo Correia
Ângelo Correia is a Portuguese manager, engineer and politician, former Minister of Internal Administration of the Portuguese Government under the leadership of Aníbal Cavaco Silva. He was also member of the Portuguese Parliament for the Portuguese Social Democrats from 1976 to 1995...
, chairman of Fomentinvest and also a noted member of the PSD. Correia, an experienced member of PSD, is a close friend of Passos Coelho, both inside their party and corporate governance careers, and is considered Passos Coelho's political mentor
Mentor
In Greek mythology, Mentor was the son of Alcimus or Anchialus. In his old age Mentor was a friend of Odysseus who placed Mentor and Odysseus' foster-brother Eumaeus in charge of his son Telemachus, and of Odysseus' palace, when Odysseus left for the Trojan War.When Athena visited Telemachus she...
. Passos Coelho became a member of the Executive (in 2007), accumulating the functions of chairman of the Board of the HLCTejo (2007–2009).
He was vice-president of the PSD
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...
during the leadership of Luis Marques Mendes
Luís Marques Mendes
Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, and a former Leader of the Social Democratic Party.-Career:...
(2005–2006), and has also been president of the Municipal Assembly of Vila Real Municipality since 2005; he was a presidential candidate for the PSD in May, 2008, where he proposed for the first time a programmatic review of the party's orientation. Defeated by Manuela Ferreira Leite
Manuela Ferreira Leite
Maria Manuela Dias Ferreira Leite , commonly known as Manuela Ferreira Leite , is a Portuguese economist and politician.-Background:...
, he founded, with a group of his supporters, the think-tank Construir Ideias (Building Ideas). On 21 January 2010, his book Mudar ("To Change") was published, and he was again candidate for the leadership of the PSD for the direct elections in March 2010; he was elected president of the PSD on 26 March 2010.
By 2010, in a context of sovereign default
Sovereign default
A sovereign default is the failure or refusal of the government of a sovereign state to pay back its debt in full. It may be accompanied by a formal declaration of a government not to pay or only partially pay its debts , or the de facto cessation of due payments...
, he tried to persuade the Socialist government under the leadership of José Sócrates
José Sócrates
José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH , commonly known by José Sócrates , is a Portuguese politician who was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011....
to adopt a package of austerity measures in order to maintain economic stability, but the government failed to do so, leading to a vote of no confidence that removed the government on 23 March 2011, and the general election of 5 June 2011
Portuguese legislative election, 2011
A general election was held in Portugal on 5 June 2011 to elect all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic. Pedro Passos Coelho led the center-right Social Democratic Party to victory over the Socialist Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister José Sócrates...
.
Personal life
Passos Coelho lives in MassamáMassamá
Massamá is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Sintra, and a suburb of Lisbon. Separated from Queluz in 1997, it has an area of 2.78 km² and a population of 28,176 The parish consists of three different zones...
, Greater Lisbon. He was married to Fátima Padinha, a former singer with the girl band Doce
Doce
Doce was a Portuguese female band from the 1980s. It was one of the first girl bands in Europe.The girls took part in the Portuguese national final in order to represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Doce" , but came second, and in 1981 with the song "Ali-Bábá, um...
, by whom he has two daughters, Joana Padinha Passos Coelho (born 1988) and Catarina Padinha Passos Coelho (born 1993), and he is now married to Laura Ferreira, a physiotherapy technician, born in Bissau
Bissau
Bissau is the capital city of Guinea-Bissau. The city's borders are conterminous with the Bissau Autonomous Sector. In 2007, the city had an estimated population of 407,424 according to the Instituto Nacional de Estatística e Censos...
, Portuguese Guinea
Portuguese Guinea
Portuguese Guinea was the name for what is today Guinea-Bissau from 1446 to September 10, 1974.-History:...
, by whom he has one daughter, Júlia Ferreira Passos Coelho (born 2007). His older daughter, Joana Padinha Passos Coelho suffered a life threatening accident at young age, with sequels. Apart from his native language
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, he is fluent in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
.
Prime Minister of Portugal
On June 5, 2011, after the Portuguese legislative election, 2011Portuguese legislative election, 2011
A general election was held in Portugal on 5 June 2011 to elect all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic. Pedro Passos Coelho led the center-right Social Democratic Party to victory over the Socialist Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister José Sócrates...
, Passos Coelho was elected Prime Minister of Portugal
Prime Minister of Portugal
Prime Minister is the current title of the chief of the Portuguese Government. As chief executive, the Prime Minister coordinates the action of ministers, representing the Government from the other organs of state, accountable to Parliament and keeps the President informed...
. He achieved a historical win for his political party, the PSD, defeating José Sócrates
José Sócrates
José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH , commonly known by José Sócrates , is a Portuguese politician who was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011....
of the Socialists. Through a coalition with CDS-PP, Passos Coelho and the PSD were in position to form a right-wing majority in the Portuguese Parliament. Immediately after the election, he started conversations with Christian-Democratic President Paulo Portas
Paulo Portas
Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas , commonly known just by Paulo Portas , is a Portuguese politician, party leader of the Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party , a member of the Portuguese Parliament and former Portuguese minister of State, National Defense and Sea Affairs.In 2011, after he...
to form the coalition.
Overview
Passos Coelho political program was considered the most liberal ever adopted by the PSD, and included a firm intention to accomplish the European UnionEuropean Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
/IMF
International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
-led rescue plan for Portugal's sovereign debt crisis. The rescue plan included widespread tax increases and reforms aimed at better efficiency and rationalized resource allocation in the public sector
Public sector
The public sector, sometimes referred to as the state sector, is a part of the state that deals with either the production, delivery and allocation of goods and services by and for the government or its citizens, whether national, regional or local/municipal.Examples of public sector activity range...
, in order to reduce the number of unnecessary civil servants and chronic public sector's overcapacity. They also included the privatization of at least one channel of the public radio and television RTP
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, S.A.,commonly known as RTP, is Portugal's public service broadcasting organization. It operates four terrestrial television channels and three national radio channels, as well as several satellite and cable offerings....
network, the Caixa Geral de Depósitos
Caixa Geral de Depósitos
Caixa Geral de Depósitos is a Portuguese state-owned banking corporation and the largest bank in Portugal.- History :*1876 — Caixa Geral de Depósitos was founded under the aegis of the Junta de Crédito Público....
' insurance operations, and some parts of the National Service of Health. His coalition partner Paulo Portas
Paulo Portas
Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas , commonly known just by Paulo Portas , is a Portuguese politician, party leader of the Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party , a member of the Portuguese Parliament and former Portuguese minister of State, National Defense and Sea Affairs.In 2011, after he...
of CDS-PP, expressed publicly his disapproval for some of Passos Coelho's proposals. Passos Coelho entered office as a renowned social conservative, who opposes abortion, except for extreme cases, euthanasia and same-sex marriage, supporting same-sex civil unions instead. It was not certain if he would try to overrule the previous José Sócrates
José Sócrates
José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH , commonly known by José Sócrates , is a Portuguese politician who was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011....
-led Socialist government laws that allowed abortion until 10 weeks and same-sex marriage in Portugal. During the campaign, he admitted the reavaluation of the current abortion law, approved in 2007, after a referendum, that allowed it under any circumstance until 10 weeks of pregnancy. Other creations of the previous cabinets led by former Prime Minister José Sócrates were criticized by Passos Coelho, including the state-sponsored Novas Oportunidades educational qualification program for unschooled adults, which was dubbed a fraud due to alleged low standards of intellectual rigor and academic integrity.
Passos Coelho government
Since June 21, 2011, Passos Coelho leads the XIX Governo Constitucional (19th Constitutional Government).Membership
| Ministry | Incumbent | Term |
|---|---|---|
| State and Finances | Vítor Gaspar Vítor Gaspar Vítor Gaspar was an adviser to the Bank of Portugal since February 2010, having been from 2007 Director-General at the Bureau of European Policy Advisers with the President of the European Commission. Previously he was Director-General for Research at the European Central Bank for six years. He is... |
June 21, 2011 - |
| State and Foreign Affairs | Paulo Portas Paulo Portas Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas , commonly known just by Paulo Portas , is a Portuguese politician, party leader of the Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party , a member of the Portuguese Parliament and former Portuguese minister of State, National Defense and Sea Affairs.In 2011, after he... |
June 21, 2011 - |
| National Defence | José Pedro Aguiar Branco | June 21, 2011 - |
| Home Affairs | Miguel Macedo Miguel Macedo -References:... |
June 21, 2011 - |
| Justice | Paula Teixeira da Cruz | June 21, 2011 - |
| Parliamentary Affairs | Miguel Relvas Miguel Relvas -References:... |
June 21, 2011 - |
| Economy, Labour, Public Works, Transportation and Communications | Álvaro Santos Pereira Álvaro Santos Pereira Álvaro Santos Pereira is a Portuguese economist and professor. He is the current Minister of Economy, Labour, Transport, Public Works and Communications of Portugal.-Career:Álvaro Santos Pereira was born in Viseu, Portugal in 1972... |
June 21, 2011 - |
| Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Territorial Administration | Assunção Cristas Assunção Cristas Assunção Cristas is a prominent leader of the Democratic and Social Center - People's Party, a conservative party in Portugal. As of 2011, she is the Portuguese Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning Minister. Graduated in law by the University of Lisbon, she is a lawyer by training... |
June 21, 2011 - |
| Health | Paulo Macedo Paulo Macedo -References:... |
June 21, 2011 - |
| Education, Higher Education and Science | Nuno Crato Nuno Crato Nuno Paulo de Sousa Arrobas Crato is a Portuguese university professor, researcher, mathematician, economist, and writer. For many years, Crato was a researcher and professor in the United States. Back in Portugal, he taught mathematics and statistics in the ISEG/Technical University of Lisbon... |
June 21, 2011 - |
| Social Solidarity and Social Security | Pedro Mota Soares Pedro Mota Soares -References:... |
June 21, 2011 - |
Major policies
In order to accomplish the European UnionEuropean Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
/IMF
International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
-led rescue plan for Portugal's sovereign debt crisis, in July and August 2011, his government announced it was going to cut on state spending and increase austerity measures, including additional tax increases, but it will also have a social emergency package to help the poorest citizens. As time went on it became increasingly clear that a series of supplementary measures would be taken during the course of the year as a means to restrain an out-of-control budget deficit. These included sharp cuts in spending on state-run healthcare
Health in Portugal
According to the 2010 Human Development Report, the average life expectancy in Portugal was 79.1 years.The Portuguese health system is characterized by three coexisting systems: the National Health Service , special social health insurance schemes for certain professions and voluntary private...
, education
Education in Portugal
Education in Portugal is regulated by the State through two ministries - the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education. There are a system of public education and also many private schools at all levels of education...
and social security
Social security
Social security is primarily a social insurance program providing social protection or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment and others. Social security may refer to:...
systems. His cabinet enforced reforms of the local administration to save money avoiding unnecessary resource allocation and redundancy. This included extinguish the 18 civil governments (Governo Civil) located across the country and a large number of freguesias. According to the Portuguese Statistics Bureau
Instituto Nacional de Estatística
The Instituto Nacional de Estatística is the National Statistical Institute of Portugal. Its headquarters are located in Lisbon. It also calls itself Statistics Portugal in English. The first census in Portugal was carried out in 1864...
, there were 4,261 freguesias in Portugal .
- Public servants: the government wanted to sharply reduce the number of public servants and to achieve this it created a special mechanism to cut jobs by mutual agreement. Due to the unsustainable and growing expenses with public servant salaries and privileges, the ruling party PSD said it would only hire one worker for each five that leave, a rule which revealed the extremely large number of unnecessary redundant public servants that had been signed in across the decades. Hiring procedures for the public service were changed in order to guarantee an independent process and public servants' wages were taken into account to limit extra payments. On 18 October 2011, the Portuguese Minister of Finance, Vítor GasparVítor GasparVítor Gaspar was an adviser to the Bank of Portugal since February 2010, having been from 2007 Director-General at the Bureau of European Policy Advisers with the President of the European Commission. Previously he was Director-General for Research at the European Central Bank for six years. He is...
, said to the Portuguese television RTP 1RTP 1RTP1 is the first television network of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the Portuguese public broadcasting corporation. The first television network ever launched in Portugal, RTP1 was launched in 1957 as RTP , and also having a brief period while it was known and marketed as Canal 1...
, that the wage cuts imposed to public servants the previous week in the presentation of the Sate Budget for 2012, were the only way to avoid a much more painful and complex policy of public servant mass firing. He said that if wage cuts were not enforced, it would be necessary to get rid of about 100 thousand public servants immediately (under the terms of the law, Portuguese public servants were shielded from unemployment, so a number of special derogationDerogationDerogation is the partial revocation of a law, as opposed to abrogation or the total abolition of a law. The term is used in both civil law and common law. It is sometimes used, loosely, to mean abrogation, as in the legal maxim: Lex posterior derogat priori, i.e...
s would be needed to achieve this).
- Public administration: since the beginning the government promised to disclose within 90 days the list of public entities which were to be eliminated, reintegrated in other public institutions or be privatised due to their uselessness. These included dozens of financially strapped public institutions, foundations and public companies at a local, regional and national level, which were considered ineffective and futile due to overspending.
- Taxes: tax rise. Higher indirect taxIndirect taxThe term indirect tax has more than one meaning.In the colloquial sense, an indirect tax is a tax collected by an intermediary from the person who bears the ultimate economic burden of the tax...
es, like VATVatVat or VAT may refer to:* A type of container such as a barrel, storage tank, or tub, often constructed of welded sheet stainless steel, and used for holding, storing, and processing liquids such as milk, wine, and beer...
(IVA), for almost all goods and services.
- Labour: Labour laws were also altered, but most of the changes did not affect current workers, only those starting a new job from there on, while some public holidays were moved from mid-week to Mondays or Fridays to avoid typical extra-long bank holiday weekends. Faced with growing unemployment and hoping to avoid greater public unrest, the government cut the time needed to qualify for unemployment benefits from 15 to 12 months, but reduced the benefit period from the current 30 months to a mere 18 and created new rules which reduced the monthly unemployment benefit granted to each unemployed citizen.
- Privatisations: release of state ownership on the utility Energias de PortugalEnergias de PortugalEDP - Energias de Portugal ranks among Europe's major electricity operators, as well as being one of Portugal's largest business groups....
(EDP), the power company REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais, the financial institution Banco Português de NegóciosBanco Português de NegóciosBanco Português de Negócios , or simply BPN, is a Portuguese banking institution. It used to be a private bank, but was nationalized by the Portuguese Government in 2008 after a bad management and malpractice-related debt of 1.800 billion euros and several irregularities uncovered in the...
and the flag carrier TAP Air Portugal by the end of 2011. The insurance company of the public bank Caixa Geral de DepósitosCaixa Geral de DepósitosCaixa Geral de Depósitos is a Portuguese state-owned banking corporation and the largest bank in Portugal.- History :*1876 — Caixa Geral de Depósitos was founded under the aegis of the Junta de Crédito Público....
(CGD) was also for selling. Revenue from the sale of other parts of CGD was to be used to beef up the bank’s capital ratios and its ability to lend to companies. Besides this, the government kept the promise to withdraw its special rights (golden shareGolden ShareA Golden Share is a nominal share which is able to outvote all other shares in certain specified circumstances, often held by a government organization, in a government company undergoing the process of privatization and transformation into a stock-company....
s) in companies such as Portugal TelecomPortugal TelecomPortugal Telecom is the largest telecommunications service provider in Portugal. Although it operates mainly in Portugal and Brazil, it has also a significant presence in Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Timor-Leste, Angola, Kenya, the People's Republic of China, and São Tomé and...
.
- Transports: the Lisbon-Madrid high-speed train, or TGVTGVThe TGV is France's high-speed rail service, currently operated by SNCF Voyages, the long-distance rail branch of SNCF, the French national rail operator....
, was put on hold. The decision was taken bearing in mind the cutting cost measures and the contracts that had already been signed. Transport providers like the Lisbon (CarrisCarrisCarris is a public transportation company in Lisbon, Portugal. Carris operates Lisbon's buses, trams, and funiculars. It does not operate the Lisbon Metro. Carris was founded September 18, 1872. A total of 234.4 million passenger boardings were recorded in 2008.As of Dec...
) and Porto bus companies and subway systems were also assessed to see if and when they could be sold off. The government programme also added that the road and rail transport companies, like Comboios de PortugalComboios de Portugalthumb|250px|right|CP suburban trains at São Bento Station in Oporto.CP — Comboios de Portugal, EPE is a state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains in Portugal...
, “urgently need” to solve their chronic operating deficits and growing debtDebtA debt is an obligation owed by one party to a second party, the creditor; usually this refers to assets granted by the creditor to the debtor, but the term can also be used metaphorically to cover moral obligations and other interactions not based on economic value.A debt is created when a...
s.
- Regulators: the regulatory bodies were turned into independent authorities with their officials being chosen through a process which comprises the government, the parliament and the presidency.
- Media: the media company owned by public broadcasting corporation RTPRTPRTP may refer to:* Broadcasting** Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the Portuguese public broadcasting corporation*** RTP1*** RTP2* Politics** Rally of the Togolese People, the ruling political party in Togo** Royal Thai Police* Technology...
was to be restructured as early as 2012 in order to halt costs, and the privatisation of one of the two TV channels it owns (RTP1 and RTP2) was also on the table. Lusa news agency was also to be reorganised, following the state's goal of rethinking its position in regard to the national media.
- Monitoring measures: the government created a special unit to monitor the measures agreed with the so-called international troikaTroikaThe general meaning of the Russian and Bulgarian word troika is three of a kind, a collection of three or simply the number three. It may also mean:-Politics:* Troika of judges or political leaders...
composed by the International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
, European CommissionEuropean CommissionThe European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
and European Central BankEuropean Central BankThe European Central Bank is the institution of the European Union that administers the monetary policy of the 17 EU Eurozone member states. It is thus one of the world's most important central banks. The bank was established by the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1998, and is headquartered in Frankfurt,...
. This special unit was subordinated to Carlos Moedas, the deputy secretary of state of the prime minister Passos Coelho.
- Health: Public hospitals were turned over to private management “whenever this is more efficient, maintaining the essentially free health care services”.
PSD leadership election, 31 May 2008
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Manuela Ferreira Leite
Maria Manuela Dias Ferreira Leite , commonly known as Manuela Ferreira Leite , is a Portuguese economist and politician.-Background:...
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Pedro Passos Coelho
Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho , is Prime Minister of Portugal. Passos Coelho started very early in politics, becoming the national leader of the youth branch of the Social Democratic Party...
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Pedro Santana Lopes
Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes , a Portuguese lawyer and politician, was Prime Minister of Portugal from 2004 to 2005. He is a former and current Member of the Portuguese Parliament.-Background:...
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- Turnout: 58.95%
- (Source: Official results)
PSD leadership election, 26 March 2010
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Pedro Passos Coelho
Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho , is Prime Minister of Portugal. Passos Coelho started very early in politics, becoming the national leader of the youth branch of the Social Democratic Party...
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- Turnout: 66.26%
- (Source: Official results)
Assembly of the Republic Elections in Portugal, 2011
|-! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Parties
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±pp
Percentage point
Percentage points are the unit for the arithmetic difference of two percentages.Consider the following hypothetical example: in 1980, 40 percent of the population smoked, and in 1990 only 30 percent smoked...
swing
Swing (politics)
An electoral swing analysis shows the extent of change in voter support from one election to another. It is an indicator of voter support for individual candidates or political parties, or voter preference between two or more candidates or parties...
! colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|MPs
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center"|2009
Portuguese legislative election, 2009
Legislative elections in Portugal were held on 27 September 2009 to renew all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic. The Socialist Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister José Sócrates, won the largest number of seats, but didn't repeat the overall majority they gained in 2005.The Socialist...
! align="center"|2011
Portuguese legislative election, 2011
A general election was held in Portugal on 5 June 2011 to elect all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic. Pedro Passos Coelho led the center-right Social Democratic Party to victory over the Socialist Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister José Sócrates...
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|MPs %/votes %
|-
|2,145,452||38.63||9.5||78||105||27||45.65||13.4
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|1,557,864||28.05||8.5||96||73||23||31.74||10.4
|-
|652,194||11.74||1.3||21||24||3||10.43||1.3
|-
|440,850||7.94||0.0||15||16||1||6.96||0.4
|-
|288,076||5.19||4.6||16||8||8||3.48||3.5
|-
|62,491||1.13||0.2||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
|-
|57,634||1.04||—||—||0||—||0.00||—
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|22,494||0.41||0.3||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
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|21,748||0.39||0.1||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
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|17,620||0.32||0.1||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
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|16,722||0.30||0.2||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
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|14,978||0.27||0.0||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
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|11,671||0.21||0.2||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
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|8,210||0.15||0.0||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
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|4,601||0.08||0.0||0||0||0||0.00||0.0
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|4,531||0.08||—||—||0||—||0.00||—
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|3,528||0.06||—||—||0||—||0.00||—
|-
|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid
|width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,330,664
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|95.98
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.9
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|230
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|226*
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.0
|-
|colspan=2|Blank ballots
|148,058||2.67||0.9||colspan=5 rowspan=3|
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|colspan=2|Invalid ballots
|75,280||1.36||0.0
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|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 58.90%)
|width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,554,002
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.8
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| colspan=10 align=left |*4 seats to represent Overseas Portuguese are not yet known.
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| colspan=10 align=left | Source: STAPE Election results
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External links
- www.passoscoelho-mudar.com – Official web site of the book Mudar
- www.passoscoelho2010.com – Official web site of his candidacy for president of the PSD
- Complete Biography on PSD website retrieved June 7, 2011 (Portuguese)
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