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'''Partido Socialista''' ''redirects here. For other parties with similar names see Socialist Party''.
The 'Socialist Party' (Portuguese: ''Partido Socialista'', pron. ) is a political party of Portugal. It was founded on April 19, 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants of the Portuguese Socialist Action (Portuguese: ''Acção Socialista Portuguesa'').
José Sócrates, Prime Minister of Portugal, is the leader of the party. The former President of Portugal, Jorge Sampaio, is also a member of the party. The party has currently 121 of 230 seats in the Parliament.
José Sócrates obtained a landslide victory (conquered 77% of the votes) in early October 2004 for the succession of Ferro Rodrigues as Secretary-General of the party. Other candidates for the post were Manuel Alegre and João Soares in a vote by party members.
It is a member of the Socialist International and the Party of European Socialists, and has 12 members in the European Parliament.
The Socialist Party stands out as about a third of its members in the Assembly of the Republic are women.

Contents

List of important people

General Secretaries

Prime Ministers

Presidents of the Republic

See also

External links

List of important people

General Secretaries

★ Mário Soares: 1973 - 1986

★ Almeida Santos (interim): 1986

★ Vitor Constâncio: 1986 - 1989

★ Jorge Sampaio: 1989 - 1992

★ António Guterres: 1992 - 2002

★ Ferro Rodrigues: 2002 - 2004

★ José Sócrates: 2004 -
The last Congress, where Sócrates was formally appointed party leader, was held in November 2004.

Prime Ministers

★ Mário Soares : 1976 - 1978, 1983 - 1985

★ António Guterres : 1995 - 2002

★ José Sócrates : 2005 -

Presidents of the Republic

★ Mário Soares : 1986 - 1996

★ Jorge Sampaio: 1996 - 2006

See also

★ Politics of Portugal

★ List of political parties in Portugal

★ Socialist Party

★ Republican and Socialist Front.

External links

★ Official Website (in Portuguese)

★ Socialist Internacional

★ Party of European Socialists