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File links The following pages link to this file: Portugal List of national coats of arms Template:Portugal infobox Categories: NowCommons ... The four main organs of the national government are the presidency, the prime minister and Council of Ministers (the government), the Assembly of the Republic (the parliament), and the judiciary. ... Categories: Lists of office-holders | Portugal | Presidents of Portugal ... The Assembly of the Republic is the Portuguese parliament; its building in Lisbon is referred to as Palácio de São Bento (Saint Benedicts Palace). ... The Council of State is an organ established by the Constitution of Portugal to advise the President of the Republic of Portugal in the exercise of many of his discretionary, reserve powers. ... Political parties in Portugal lists political parties in Portugal. ... The Socialist Party ( Portuguese: Partido Socialista) is a political party of Portugal. ... The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata) is a political party in Portugal. ... PCPs official symbol, featuring the hammer and sickle and the Portuguese national colors, red and green. ... Leftwing Bloc (Portuguese: Bloco de Esquerda) is a Portuguese left-wing political party founded in 1999. ... Politics of Portugal Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Portugal ... The Portuguese legislative election of 1999 took place on October 10. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 2002 took place on March 17. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 2005 took place on February 20. ...

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The Democratic Social Center / People's Party (Portuguese: Centro Democrático Social / Partido Popular or CDS/PP) is a Portuguese political party. Led by Ribeiro e Castro, this party holds 12 seats in the 230-member Assembly of the Republic. It is regarded as the most right-wing of the parliamentary parties in Portugal, and has historically been close (albeit unofficially) to the Roman Catholic Church. In the 1980s and early 1990s, its members in the European Parliament once sit with the European People's Party, and were after affiliated with the Eurosceptic Union for a Europe of Nations, returning to the European People's Party in 2004. José Duarte de Almeida Ribeiro e Castro (born Lisbon, 24 December 1953) is a Portuguese politician, leader of the Peoples Party since 24 April 2005. ... The Assembly of the Republic is the Portuguese parliament; its building in Lisbon is referred to as Palácio de São Bento (Saint Benedicts Palace). ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The 1980s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1980 and 1989, but in a pop cultural sense it could be considered to span from about 1979 to 1990. ... // Events and trends The 1990s in its most obvious sense refers to the years 1990 to 1999, but has held a strong influence into the 2000s. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... Logo of the European Peoples Party The European Peoples Party is a Christian democrat-conservative political party at European level founded in 1976. ... Euroscepticism is scepticism about, or disagreement with, the purposes of the European Union, sometimes coupled with a desire to preserve national sovereignty. ... The Union for a Europe of Nations is a nationalist and (mostly) euro-sceptic party grouping with seats in the European Parliament. ... Logo of the European Peoples Party The European Peoples Party is a Christian democrat-conservative political party at European level founded in 1976. ...

Founded in 1975 by Diogo Freitas do Amaral (who joined in 2005 the socialist led government of Portugal), the People's Party has been a relatively small, but significant, player on the Portuguese political scene. It enjoyed its greatest popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when together with the Social Democratic Party and a couple of other parties, it formed part of the Democratic Alliance. In 1983 the Alliance was dissolved, and the People's Party lost 16 of its 46 parliamentary seats later that year. In the general elections of 1987 and 1991, the party was decimated as its supporters went over en mass to the Social Democrats, whose leader, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, appealed to the same constituency as the People's Party- for a time, the party was reduced to four members of parliament, earning the nickname taxi-party. Support for the People's Party held up in local government elections, however, as well as for elections to the European Parliament, and its support in parliamentary elections partially recovered, though not to previous levels, after Cavaco Silva retired and some of the party's former supporters returned to the fold. In the three following elections, it has won between 14 and 16 seats. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral (b. ... The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... The 1980s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1980 and 1989, but in a pop cultural sense it could be considered to span from about 1979 to 1990. ... The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata) is a political party in Portugal. ... The Democratic Alliance (Portuguese: Aliança Democrática or AD) was a coalition in Portugal between the Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata or PSD), the Democratic Social Center (Portuguese: Centro Democrático Social or CDS) and the Peoples Monarchist Party (Portuguese: Partido Popular Monárquico or PPM). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aníbal António Cavaco Silva (born in Boliqueime in Loulé municipality in the Algarve region, on July 15, 1939) was Prime Minister of Portugal from November 6, 1985 to October 28, 1995. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...

In the Portuguese legislative election, 2002, the failure of the PSD, led by Durão Barroso, to get an absolute majority of MPs, led to CDS/PP participation in government for the first time in almost 20 years. Joining the coalition government, party leader Portas became Minister for Defence. Celeste Cardona became Minister for Justice, while Bagão Félix (a PP fellow-traveller) was chosen to be Minister for Social Affairs. The Portuguese legislative election of 2002 took place on March 17. ... José Manuel Durão Barroso (pronunced: IPA, ) (born in Lisbon, March 23, 1956) is a Portuguese politician. ... A fellow traveller is a person who sympathizes with the beliefs of a particular organization, but does not belong to that organization. ...

In the Portuguese legislative election, 2005, the party lost votes and 2 MPs. Combined with the crushing defeat of its coalition partner, the PSD, and the failure of all the aims the party leader, Paulo Portas, had set for the elections, led to his resignation from office. The Portuguese legislative election of 2005 took place on February 20. ... Paulo Sacadura Cabral Portas (born 12 September 1962) is a Portuguese politician. ...

In April 24th, a. new leader, Ribeiro e Castro (Member of the European Parliament), was elected in the party's Congress held in Lisbon

External links

• Partido Popular - CDS/PP official site
• CDS/PP Lisboa