Jerónimo de Sousa (born in Santa Maria da Azóia, 13 April 1947) is a Portuguese politician and current secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), elected in 2004. PCPs official symbol, featuring the hammer and sickle and the Portuguese national colors, red and green. ...

A former metallurgical worker, he joined the PCP in 1974, and was a member of Parliament from 1976 to 1992, and again from 2002. He was PCP's candidate to the Portuguese presidential election, 1996, but withdrew from the race in favour of the eventual winner, Jorge Sampaio. Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio is the current Portuguese President of the Republic, elected for a second term in January 14, 2001. ...