Socialist Party (Portugal)

Socialist Party

Partido Socialista
Socialist Party Partido Socialista
Abbreviation	PS
President	Carlos César
Secretary-General	Pedro Nuno Santos
Founder	Mário Soares
Founded	19 April 1973
Legalized	1 February 1975
Preceded by	Acção Socialista Portuguesa
Headquarters	Largo do Rato 2, 1269–143 Lisbon
Newspaper	Acção Socialista
Student wing	Estudantes Socialistas
Youth wing	Socialist Youth
Women's wing	National Department of the Socialist Women
Membership (2022)	81,171
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	FRS (1980–1982)
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance; Socialist International;
European Parliament group	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Trade union affiliation	General Union of Workers
Colours	Red (official); Pink (customary);
Anthem	A Internacional; (The Internationale)
Assembly of the Republic	78 / 230
European Parliament	9 / 21
Regional Parliaments	34 / 104
Local government; (Mayors)	148 / 308
Local government; (Parishes)	1,264 / 3,066
Party flag
Website
	www.ps.pt
	Politics of Portugal; Political parties; Elections;

The Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Socialista, pronounced [pɐɾˈtiðu susiɐˈliʃtɐ], PS) is a social-democratic^[4]^[5] political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel by militants who were at the time with the Portuguese Socialist Action (Portuguese: Acção Socialista Portuguesa). The PS is a member of the Socialist International, Progressive Alliance and Party of European Socialists, and has nine members in the European Parliament within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group during the 9th European Parliament. It was the governing party of Portugal between November 2015 and April 2024, subsequently winning the 2019 and 2022 legislative elections.

A party of the centre-left,^[6]^[7] the PS is one of the two major parties in Portuguese politics, its rival being the Social Democratic Party (PSD), a centre-right, conservative party. The current leader of the PS is Pedro Nuno Santos.

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