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The Democratic Alliance (AD), composed by Social Democratic Party (PSD), CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM), led by PSD leader Luís Montenegro, won by a very narrow margin the 2024 legislative election with almost 29 percent of the votes and 80 seats in the 230 seat Assembly of the Republic.
Mariana Vieira da Silva – Minister of the Presidency (2019–2024) [11] Marta Temido – former Minister of Health (2018–2022); chair of the Lisbon Socialist Party (2023–2024) [12] [13] Mário Centeno – governor of the Bank of Portugal (since 2020); former President of the Eurogroup (2018–2020); former Minister of Finance (2015–2020 ...
Turnout in the election was at 59.9 percent, the highest since 2005, and in Portugal alone, turnout rose to 66.2%, the highest rate since 1995. The leader of the largest party, Luis Montenegro, would go on to form a centre-right minority government ending nearly a decade of rule by the Socialist Party.
The president also has an official residence in the Belém Palace in Lisbon. To stand for election, candidates for the presidency each have to gather 7,500 signatures of support one month before the election, and submit them to the Constitutional Court of Portugal. Then, the Constitutional Court has to certify if the candidacies submitted meet ...
André Ventura. André Claro Amaral Ventura (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈdɾɛ vẽˈtuɾɐ]; born 15 January 1983) is a Portuguese politician, university teacher, former sports pundit, and founder of the right-wing populist political party Chega. [1][2] Ventura was affiliated with the Social Democratic Party (PSD) until 2018, having run ...
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa PSD. Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 24 January 2016. The election chose the successor to the President Aníbal Cavaco Silva, who was constitutionally not allowed to run for a third consecutive term. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the candidate supported by PPD/PSD, CDS-PP and PPM, won the election on the first ...
Chega (political party) Enough! Chega! Chega (European Portuguese: [ˈʃeɣɐ]; officially stylised as CHEGA!; lit. 'Enough!') is a national conservative, right-wing populist [2] political party in Portugal formed in 2019 by André Ventura. [3] It is characterized as being far-right [4] of the political spectrum. [5][6][7] Chega won one seat in ...
2021 Portuguese presidential election. Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 24 January. [1] The incumbent President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, was reelected for a second term. The elections were held during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Portugal was under a lockdown as of election day. [2] President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was reelected ...