Socialist Party (Portugal)

The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded in-exile on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel by members from the Portuguese Socialist Action during the Estado Novo era. Partido Socialista is a member of the Socialist International and Progressive Alliance. It is also a member of Party of European Socialists regionally in Europe. It has nine members in the European Parliament within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group during the 9th European Parliament.

The part is considered centre-left and is one of the two major parties in Portuguese politics, its rival being the Social Democratic Party (PSD) on the centre-right. The leader of the PS is José Luís Carneiro.

 List of Secretaries-general of the Socialist Party 
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#PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeElectionPrime MinisterRef.1120x120pxMário Soares(1924–2017)19 April 197313 June 1985–Marcelo Caetano (1968–1974)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)–106x106pxAntónio de Almeida Santos (interim)(1926–2016)19 June 198513 November 19851985Mário Soares (1985)Aníbal Cavaco Silva (1985–1995)–António Macedo (interim)(1906–1989)13 November 198529 June 1986 –2100x100pxVítor Constâncio(b. 1943)29 June 198616 January 198919863117x117pxJorge Sampaio(1939–2021)16 January 198923 February 199219894129x129pxAntónio Guterres(b. 1949)23 February 199219 January 20021992himself (1995–2002)5125x125pxEduardo Ferro Rodrigues(b. 1949)19 January 200227 September 20042002António Guterres (2002)José Durão Barroso (2002–2004)Pedro Santana Lopes (2004–2005)6101x101pxJosé Sócrates(b. 1957)27 September 200423 July 20112004himself (2005–2011)Pedro Passos Coelho (2011–2015)7102x102pxAntónio José Seguro(b. 1962)23 July 201128 September 20142011–80x80pxMaria de Belém Roseira (interim)(b. 1949)28 September 201422 November 2014 –8103x103pxAntónio Costa(b. 1961)22 November 20147 January 20242014himself (2015–2024)9106x106pxPedro Nuno Santos(b. 1977)7 January 202424 May 20252023António Costa (2024)Luís Montenegro (since 2024)–101x101pxCarlos César (interim)(b. 1956)24 May 202528 June 2025– 10 103x103px José Luís Carneiro(b. 1971) 28 June 2025 present 2025 

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Category:Social democratic parties in Europe
Category:Politics of Portugal
Category:Organizations based in Portugal
Category:1973 establishments in Europe
Category:20th-century establishments in Portugal