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Manuel Monteiro

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Manuel Monteiro
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Elections: 1985, 1995
In office
27 October 1995 – 24 October 1999
ConstituencyBraga District
In office
4 November 1985 – 12 August 1987
ConstituencyPorto District
President of People's Party
In office
22 March 1992 – 22 March 1998
Preceded byDiogo Freitas do Amaral
Succeeded byPaulo Portas
President of New Democracy Party
In office
2003–2008
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byJoel Viana
Personal details
Born
Manuel Fernando da Silva Monteiro

(1962-04-01) 1 April 1962 (age 62)
Anissó, Vieira do Minho, Portugal
Political partyCDS - People's Party (1978-2003, 2020-present)
Other political
affiliations		New Democracy Party (2003-2008)
Independent (2008-2020)
Alma materCatholic University of Portugal
Lusíada University
ProfessionJurist
Professor

Manuel Fernando da Silva Monteiro (Anissó, Vieira do Minho, 1 April 1962) is a Portuguese jurist, professor and former politician.

Early years

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Manuel Monteiro started his political life during his youth. He was elected president of the People's Youth (then called Centrist Youth) in 1986.

Political career

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He was the winning candidate of the internal elections of March 1992 in the Democratic and Social Centre, moving the party from the traditional centrist base to the right. His political platform was against a Federal Europe, the Maastricht Treaty and the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union.

In 1995 he changed the party's name to People's Party.[1] The renamed party won 9% of the popular vote and 15 deputies, at the legislative elections held on 1 October 1995. This represented a partial comeback for the party that had been comprehensively defeated in the elections of 1987 and 1991. Heavy losses in the local elections of 1997, however, led Monteiro to resign.,[2] being succeeded by Paulo Portas,[3] his former friend and protégé.

Manuel Monteiro left People's Party in 2002, following a disagreement with Paulo Portas. In June 2003 he founded the New Democracy Party (PND; Partido da Nova Democracia in Portuguese). This new political force never achieved major electoral successes, and Monteiro left the party leadership in November 2008, resigning from its membership two years later. Since then he has been politically inactive.

Professional and academic career

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Manuel Monteiro is a licenciate in Law from the Catholic University of Portugal. He worked at the Portuguese Industry Confederation and Banco Comercial Português. He also taught at Tomar Polytechnical Institute and Lusíada University. In 2012 he received a doctorate degree from Lusíada University.

Electoral history

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CDS leadership election, 1992

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Ballot: 21 March 1992
Candidate Votes %
Manuel Monteiro WIN
Basílio Horta
António Lobo Xavier
Turnout
Source: CDS Congress[4]

European Parliament election, 1994

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Main article: 1994 European Parliament election in Portugal
Ballot: 12 June 1994
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PS António Vitorino 1,061,560 34.9 10 +3
PSD Eurico de Melo 1,046,918 34.4 9 ±0
CDS–PP Manuel Monteiro 379,044 12.5 3 ±0
CDU Luis Manuel de Sá 340,725 11.2 3 –1
Other parties 121,498 4.0 0 –1
Blank/Invalid ballots 94,236 3.1 – –
Turnout 3,044,001 35.54 25 +1
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[5]

Legislative election, 1995

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Main article: 1995 Portuguese legislative election
Ballot: 1 October 1995
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PS António Guterres 2,583,755 43.8 112 +40
PSD Fernando Nogueira 2,014,589 34.1 88 –47
CDS–PP Manuel Monteiro 534,470 9.1 15 +10
CDU Carlos Carvalhas 506,157 8.6 15 –2
Other parties 152,790 2.6 0 –1
Blank/Invalid ballots 113,093 1.9 – –
Turnout 5,904,854 66.30 230 ±0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[6]

European Parliament election, 2004

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Main article: 2004 European Parliament election in Portugal
Ballot: 13 June 2004
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PS António Costa[a] 1,516,001 44.5 12 ±0
FP João de Deus Pinheiro 1,132,769 33.3 9 –2
CDU Ilda Figueiredo 309,401 9.1 2 ±0
BE Miguel Portas 167,313 4.9 1 +1
PCTP/MRPP Garcia Pereira 36,294 1.1 0 ±0
PND Manuel Monteiro 33,833 1.0 0 new
Other parties 74,505 2.2 0 ±0
Blank/Invalid ballots 134,166 4.0 – –
Turnout 3,404,782 38.60 24 –1
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[7]

Legislative election, 2005

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Main article: 2005 Portuguese legislative election
Ballot: 20 February 2005
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PS José Sócrates 2,588,312 45.0 121 +25
PSD Pedro Santana Lopes 1,653,425 28.8 75 –30
CDU Jerónimo de Sousa 433,369 7.5 14 +2
CDS–PP Paulo Portas 416,415 7.3 12 –2
BE Francisco Louçã 364,971 6.4 8 +5
PCTP/MRPP Garcia Pereira 48,186 0.8 0 ±0
PND Manuel Monteiro 40,358 0.7 0 new
Other parties 33,583 0.6 0 ±0
Blank/Invalid ballots 169,052 2.9 – –
Turnout 5,747,834 64.26 230 ±0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[8]

Notes

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  1. ^ Second in the list, became the top candidate after the sudden death of António de Sousa Franco, the original top candidate, during the campaign.

References

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  1. ^ Pennings, Paul; Lane, Jan-Erik (1998). Comparing party system change. Routledge. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-415-16550-1.
  2. ^ Biezen, Ingrid van (2003). Political parties in new democracies: party organization in Southern and East-Central Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4039-0307-5.
  3. ^ Magone, José María (2003). The politics of southern Europe: integration into the European Union. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-275-97787-0.
  4. ^ "Manuel Monteiro eleito líder do CDS", RTP, 22 March 1992. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Comissão Nacional de Eleições Mapa Oficial" (PDF). Diário da República. 22 July 1994. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Resultados AR 1995" (PDF). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Comissão Nacional de Eleições Mapa Oficial n.o 1/2004" (PDF). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. 23 July 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Resultados AR 2005 Rectificação" (PDF). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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