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| Order: | 12th Prime Minister of Portugal (since the Carnation Revolution) |
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| Term of Office | October 28, 1995 - April 6, 2002 |
| Predecessor: | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Successor: | José Durão Barroso |
| Date of Birth | April 30, 1949 |
| Place of Birth: | Lisbon |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Political Party: | Socialist |
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres (b. April 30, 1949) is a Portuguese politician, a former prime minister, and current president of the Socialist InternationalThe Socialist International (SI) is an international organisation for social democratic parties. Its secretariat is located in London. Its members include The Labour Party ( United Kingdom), SPD ( Germany), the Democratic Socialists of America ( USA), the.
António Guterres was born in Lisbon and grew up there. As a young child, he already showed the abilities that would grant him the national award for best high school student of the year in 19651965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his " Great Society" during his State of the Union address. January 14 Prime Ministers of N. He continued his studies in Instituto Superior TécnicoEstablished 1910 School type Public school President Carlos Matos Ferreira Location Alameda Campus: Lisbon, Tagus Park Campus: Oeiras, Portugal Enrollment about 8500 undergraduate, about 1500 graduate Faculty more than 700 Campus Urban Homepage The Instit, where he pursued degrees in physics and electronics. During his college years, Guterres was never involved in the student opposition to the fascist regime of António de Oliveira SalazarAntonio de Oliveira Salazar ( Santa Comba Dao, April 28, 1889 Lisbon, July 27, 1970) was the prime minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968, noted for the dictatorial nature of his government. Initially, Salazar was a professor of political economics at the. He dedicated himself to his degree and the meetings of the JUC (Catholic University Students Movement), ending as a member of the Opus DeiThe Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God commonly known as Opus Dei ( Latin, "The Work of God", or "God's Work") is a Roman Catholic organization founded on October 2, 1928, by Josemaria Escriva, a Spanish priest, who was later canonized by Pop. In 1971 he graduated and started an University career as Assistant Professor.
His political career started in 1972, when he enrolled as a member of the Socialist Party. Shortly thereafter, he quit the academic life and became a full-time politician. Following the Carnation Revolution of April 25, 1974 (which put an end to the fascist regime), Guterres was envolved in the organization of the Socialist Party, especially in the Lisbon section. Despite the initial mistrust felt by his laic peers due to his Catholic affinities, Guterres became one of the party leaders and held the following offices:
In 1992, he became president of the Socialist Party and leader of the opposition against Aníbal Cavaco Silva's government. He was also nominated vice-president of the International Socialist in September of the same year.
Following the retirement of Cavaco Silva in 1995, the Socialist Party won the general elections and Guterres became prime minister of Portugal. With a style markedly different from that of his predecessor, based on dialogue and discussion with all sections of society, Guterres was a popular prime minister in the first years of his government. He was re-elected in 1999, and from January to July of 2000, he occupied the Presidency of the European Council. In 2002, following a disastrous result for the Socialist Party in the local elections, and the regrettable state of the Portuguese public finance, Guterres resigned and put an end to the government. Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, until then minister of Social Security, assumed the Socialist party leadership, but the general elections were lost to the Social Democratic Party of José Manuel Durão Barroso, the current President of the European Commission.
Guterres is now retired from the Portuguese political scene but continues his work as President of the Socialist International, an office he has held since October 1999. He is rumoured to be a possible candidate in the upcoming presidential elections, to be held in January 2005.
| Preceded by: Aníbal Cavaco Silva | Prime Minister of Portugal 1995 - 2002 | Succeeded by: José Manuel Durão Barroso |
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