José Sócrates

**José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa**, GCIH (born 6 September 1957), commonly known as **José Sócrates** (), is a Portuguese politician. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011. In 2007, he acted as the President-in-Office of the Council of the European Union.

In April 2021, the court ruled José Socrates will be tried for acts of money laundering and falsification of documents but was dismissed for three charges of corruption.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: José Sócrates
- **honorific-suffix**: Order of Infante D. Henrique, GCIH
- **image**: José Socrates cropped from Dmitry Medvedev in Portugal 20 November 2010-2.png
- **office**: List of Prime Ministers of Portugal, 117th Prime Minister of Portugal
- **president**: Jorge Sampaio
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
- **term start**: 12 March 2005
- **term end**: 21 June 2011
- **predecessor**: Pedro Santana Lopes
- **successor**: Pedro Passos Coelho
- **office2**: Secretary-General of the Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist Party
- **term start2**: 24 September 2004
- **term end2**: 23 July 2011
- **predecessor2**: Ferro Rodrigues
- **successor2**: António José Seguro
- **office3**: Leader of the Opposition (Portugal), Leader of the Opposition
- **term start3**: 24 September 2004
- **term end3**: 12 March 2005
- **primeminister3**: Pedro Santana Lopes
- **predecessor3**: Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues
- **successor3**: Pedro Santana Lopes
- **office4**: Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications, Minister of Social Infrastructure
- **term start4**: 23 January 2002
- **term end4**: 6 April 2002
- **primeminister4**: António Guterres
- **predecessor4**: Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues
- **successor4**: Luís Valente de Oliveira
- **office5**: Ministry for Environment and Spatial Planning, Minister of the Environment
- **primeminister5**: António Guterres
- **term start5**: 25 October 1999
- **term end5**: 6 April 2002
- **predecessor5**: Elisa Ferreira
- **successor5**: Arlindo Cunha
- **office6**: Prime Minister of Portugal, Deputy Minister of the Prime Minister
- **term start6**: 25 November 1997
- **term end6**: 25 October 1999
- **primeminister6**: António Guterres
- **predecessor6**: Jorge Coelho
- **successor6**: Armando Vara
- **office7**: Ministry for Environment and Spatial Planning, Deputy Secretary of State of the Minister of the Environment
- **primeminister7**: António Guterres
- **term start7**: 28 October 1995
- **term end7**: 25 November 1997
- **predecessor7**: Joaquim Poças Martins
António Taveira da Silva
- **successor7**: José Guerreiro
- **office8**: Member of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Assembly of the Republic
- **term start8**: 19 July 1987
- **term end8**: 5 June 2011
- **constituency8**: Castelo Branco District, Castelo Branco
- **birth name**: José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa
- **birth place**: Alijó, Estado Novo (Portugal), Portugal
- **party**: Social Democratic Party (Portugal), Social Democratic Party

Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist Party

Independent

- **spouse**: Sofia Costa Pinto Fava
- **children**: José Miguel
Eduardo
- **alma mater**: Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra
Lusíada University
Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon
Independente University
ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, University Institute of Lisbon
- **signature**: Jose Socrates signature.svg