José Luís Carneiro

José Luís Pereira Carneiro (born 4 October 1971) is a Portuguese politician who has been the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party since 2025. He is a member the Socialist Party. He was Minister of Internal Administration from 2022 to 2024. In 2022, he became member of the Assembly of the Republic.

After António Costa resigned as the Prime Minister of Portugal in 2023, Carneiro was a candidate for the leadership of the Socialist Party. He lost the leadership election to Pedro Nuno Santos.Tommaso Lecca (17 December 2023), Portugal’s Socialists elect new leader after Costa’s resignation Politico Europe. 

Carneiro was seen as a possible candidate for President of Portugal in the 2026 election, but he declined to run.

After Santos resigned as Socialist Party leader, Carneiro announced his second leadership candidacy in May 2025. Being the only leadership candidate, he won the election unopposed with 95% of the vote in June 2025.

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