Secretary-General of the Socialist Party (Portugal)
| Secretary-general of the Socialist Party | |
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| Status | Party leader |
| Inaugural holder | Mário Soares |
| Formation | 19 April 1973 |
| Deputy | Deputy Secretary-general of the Socialist Party |
The Secretary-General of the Socialist Party is the highest position within the portuguese Socialist Party.[1] Currently, the office is vacant, after the resignation of Pedro Nuno Santos. The interim Secretary-general is the party's president, Carlos César, who will assume the leadership of the party until the next leadership election.[2]
The post of Secretary-general was created in 1973, after the party's foundation in Bad Münstereifel. Its first holder was Mário Soares, who held several important offices such as Prime Minister from 1976 to 1978 and again from 1983 to 1985, and President of the Republic, from 1986 to 1996.
To this day, four Secretaries-general of the Socialist Party have become Prime Minister of Portugal: Mário Soares in 1976 and 1983, António Guterres in 1995, José Sócrates in 2005 and António Costa in 2015.
List of Secretaries-general of the Socialist Party
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| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Took office | Left office | Election | Prime Minister | Ref. | |
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| 1 | 
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Mário Soares (1924–2017) |
Lisbon | 19 April 1973 | 13 June 1985 | – | Marcelo Caetano (1968–1974) | [3] | |
| Adelino da Palma Carlos (1974) | |||||||||
| Vasco Gonçalves (1974–1975) | |||||||||
| José Pinheiro de Azevedo (1975–1976) | |||||||||
| himself (1976–1978) | |||||||||
| Alfredo Nobre da Costa (1978) | |||||||||
| Carlos Mota Pinto (1978–1979) | |||||||||
| Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (1979–1980) | |||||||||
| Francisco Sá Carneiro (1980) | |||||||||
| Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1980–1981) | |||||||||
| Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981–1983) | |||||||||
| himself (1983–1985) | |||||||||
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António de Almeida Santos (interim) (1926–2016) |
Guarda (1976–1980) Porto (1980–1995) Lisbon (1995–2002) Coimbra (2002–2005) |
19 June 1985 | 13 November 1985 | 1985 | Mário Soares (1985) | [4] | |
| Aníbal Cavaco Silva (1985–1995) | |||||||||
| – | António Macedo (interim) (1906–1989) |
Porto | 13 November 1985 | 29 June 1986 | – | [5] | |||
| 2 | 
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Vítor Constâncio (b. 1943) |
Lisbon | 29 June 1986 | 16 January 1989 | 1986 | [6] | ||
| 3 | 
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Jorge Sampaio (1939–2021) |
Lisbon (1976–1987) Santarém (1987–1991) Lisbon (1991–1992) |
16 January 1989 | 23 February 1992 | 1989 | [7] | ||
| 4 | 
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António Guterres (b. 1949) |
Castelo Branco | 23 February 1992 | 19 January 2002 | 1992 | [8] | ||
| himself (1995–2002) | |||||||||
| 5 | 
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Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (b. 1949) |
Lisbon (1985–1987) Aveiro (1987–1991) Lisbon (1991–1999) Leiria (1999–2002) Lisbon (2002–2022) |
19 January 2002 | 27 September 2004 | 2002 | António Guterres (2002) | [9] | |
| José Durão Barroso (2002–2004) | |||||||||
| Pedro Santana Lopes (2004–2005) | |||||||||
| 6 | 
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José Sócrates (b. 1957) |
Castelo Branco | 27 September 2004 | 23 July 2011 | 2004 | [10] | ||
| himself (2005–2011) | |||||||||
| Pedro Passos Coelho (2011–2015) | |||||||||
| 7 | 
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António José Seguro (b. 1962) |
Lisbon (1985–1987) Porto (1991–1995) Guarda (1995–1999) Lisbon (2002–2005) Braga (2005–2014) |
23 July 2011 | 28 September 2014 | 2011 | [11] | ||
| – | 
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Maria de Belém Roseira (interim) (b. 1949) |
Porto (1999–2002) Aveiro (2002–2005) Lisbon (2005–2009) Aveiro (2009–2011) Lisbon (2011–2015) |
28 September 2014 | 22 November 2014 | – | [12] | ||
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António Costa (b. 1961) |
Lisbon (1991–2002) Leiria (2002–2005) Lisbon (2005–2024) |
22 November 2014 | 7 January 2024 | 2014 | [13] | ||
| himself (2015–2024) | |||||||||
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Pedro Nuno Santos (b. 1977) |
Aveiro | 7 January 2024 | 24 May 2025 | 2023 | António Costa (2024) | [14] | |
| Luís Montenegro (2024–present) | |||||||||
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Carlos César (interim) (b. 1956) |
Azores | 24 May 2025 | – | [15] | |||
By time in office
[edit]| Name | Time in office | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Mário Soares | 1973–1985 | 12 years, 55 days |
| António Guterres | 1992–2002 | 9 years, 330 days |
| António Costa | 2014–2024 | 9 years, 46 days |
| José Sócrates | 2004–2011 | 6 years, 299 days |
| António José Seguro | 2011–2014 | 3 years, 67 days |
| Jorge Sampaio | 1989–1992 | 3 years, 38 days |
| Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues | 2002–2004 | 2 years, 252 days |
| Vítor Constâncio | 1986–1989 | 2 years, 201 days |
| Pedro Nuno Santos | 2024–2025 | 1 year, 137 days |
| António Macedo (interim) | 1985–1986 | 228 days |
| António de Almeida Santos (interim) | 1985 | 147 days |
| Maria de Belém Roseira (interim) | 2014 | 55 days |
| Carlos César (interim) | 2025–present | 9 days (Incumbent) |
Deputy Secretary-general of the Socialist Party
[edit]The Deputy Secretary-general of the Socialist Party is a position created in 2012 to replace the Secretary-general as the representative of the party in the case where the Secretary-general held the office of Prime Minister of Portugal.[16]
| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Took office | Left office | Secretary-general | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Vacant | 31 March 2012 | 5 December 2015 | António José Seguro | |||
| António Costa | |||||||
| 1 | 
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Ana Catarina Mendes (b. 1973) |
Setúbal | 5 December 2015 | 27 October 2019 | [17] | |
| 2 | 
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José Luís Carneiro (b. 1971) |
Porto (2005–2022) Braga (2022–present) |
27 October 2019 | 9 April 2022 | [18] | |
| 3 | 
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João Torres (b. 1986) |
Porto | 9 April 2022 | 13 January 2024 | [19] | |
| – | Vacant | 13 January 2024 | present | ||||
| Pedro Nuno Santos | |||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Secretário-Geral | Partido Socialista". Site oficial do PS - Partido Socialista (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Pedro Nuno sai já, Carlos César assume comando e marca diretas para junho". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 2025-05-19. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ "Biografia | Mário Soares". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Biografia | António de Almeida Santos". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Biografia | António Macedo". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Biografia | Vítor Constâncio".
- ^ "Biografia | Jorge Sampaio". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Biografia | António Guterres". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Biografia | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Biografia | José Sócrates". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Biografia | António José Seguro". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Biografia | Maria de Belém Roseira". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Biografia | António Costa". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Biografia | Pedro Nuno Santos". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Biografia | Carlos César". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
- ^ "Cargo de secretário-geral adjunto foi criado pela direção de Seguro". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Biografia | Ana Catarina Mendes". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Biografia | José Luís Carneiro". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Biografia | João Torres". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-03-18.