José Sócrates
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| José Sócrates | |
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| Assumed office March 12, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Pedro Santana Lopes |
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| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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| Born | September 6, 1957 Vilar de Maçada, Alijó, Portugal |
| Political party | Socialist |
| Spouse | Divorced |
José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH (pron. IPA [ʒu'zɛ 'sɔkɾɐtɨʃ]; born in Porto[1], but registered by his father in Vilar de Maçada, Alijó, 6 September 1957) is a Portuguese politician, secretary-general of the Socialist Party and the current prime minister of Portugal, since March 12, 2005.
He has been a member of the Socialist Party since 1981 and a member of parliament since 1987. In 1995, he entered government as secretary of state for Environment in the first government of António Guterres. Two years later, Sócrates became Minister for Youth and Sports and was one of the organizers of the EURO 2004 cup in Portugal. He became Minister for Environment in Guterres' second government in 1999. Following the elections of 2002 (won by José Manuel Durão Barroso), Sócrates became a member of the opposition in the Portuguese Parliament. After the resignation of Ferro Rodrigues as party leader in 2004, he won a bid for the post of secretary-general against Manuel Alegre and João Soares, winning the vote of nearly 80% of party members on 24 September 2004.
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[edit] Personal life
José Sócrates is a civil engineer by training, with studies in the area of sanitary engineering. He earned his bacharelato degree as a civil technical engineer from Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra (1979), with a 12 (out of 20) overall average mark. In 1994/95, already a well known politician, he briefly attended the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa but eventually completed his studies with the licenciatura (licentiate degree) from a private university (Universidade Independente) in Lisbon on 8th September 1996, with a 14 (out of 20) overall average mark[2][3]. An investigation carried out by the daily newspaper "O Público"[4] questioned the legitimacy of his civil engineering licentiate degree, since some documents necessary to prove the degree appear to be highly irregular. The documents allegedly report that José Sócrates passed seven classes that he allegedly never took. Sócrates, a father of two who is divorced, lives in Lisbon and is a registered elector of the municipality of Covilhã (central inland Portugal, in Centro region) where he lived throughout his childhood and teen years with his father, a divorced architect.
[edit] Prime Minister of Portugal
After the landslide victory of his party in the 2005 Portuguese election, Sócrates was called on 24 February by president Jorge Sampaio to form a new government. Sócrates and his government (XVII Governo Constitucional) took office in March 12, 2005.
[edit] XVII Governo Constitucional
| Ministry | Minister | Terms of Office |
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| State and Administration | António Costa | 2005-03-12 |
| State and Foreign Affairs | Diogo Freitas do Amaral | 2005-03-12 |
| Luís Amado | 2006-07-03 | |
| State and Finances | Luís Campos e Cunha | 2005-03-12 |
| Fernando Teixeira dos Santos | 2005-07-21 | |
| Presidency | Pedro Silva Pereira | 2005-03-12 |
| National Defence | Luís Amado | 2005-03-12 |
| Nuno Severiano Teixeira | 2006-07-03 | |
| Justice | Alberto Costa | 2005-03-12 |
| Environment | Francisco Nunes Correia | 2005-03-12 |
| Economy | Manuel Pinho | 2005-03-12 |
| Agriculture | Jaime Silva | 2005-03-12 |
| Public Works and Communications | Mário Lino | 2005-03-12 |
| Labour and Social Solidarity | José Vieira da Silva | 2005-03-12 |
| Health | António Correia de Campos | 2005-03-12 |
| Education | Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues | 2005-03-12 |
| Science, Technology and High Education | Mariano Gago | 2005-03-12 |
| Culture | Isabel Pires de Lima | 2005-03-12 |
| Parliamentary Affairs | Augusto Santos Silva | 2005-03-12 |
[edit] External links
- (Portuguese) Portuguese government website - Official web site
- (English) Portuguese government website - Official web site
| Prime Ministers of Portugal since the Carnation Revolution (1974) |  |
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| National Salvation Junta - Palma Carlos - Vasco Gonçalves - Pinheiro de Azevedo - Almeida Costa - Mário Soares - Nobre da Costa - Mota Pinto - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo - Sá Carneiro - Freitas do Amaral - Pinto Balsemão - Mário Soares - Cavaco Silva - António Guterres - Durão Barroso - Santana Lopes - José Sócrates |
