Pedro Passos Coelho

Pedro Passos Coelho
Passos Coelho in 2012
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
21 June 2011 – 26 November 2015
PresidentAníbal Cavaco Silva
DeputyPaulo Portas
Preceded byJosé Sócrates
Succeeded byAntónio Costa
President of the Social Democratic Party
In office
9 April 2010 – 16 February 2018
Secretary-GeneralLuís Marques Guedes
Miguel Relvas
José Matos Rosa
Preceded byManuela Ferreira Leite
Succeeded byRui Rio
President of the Social Democratic Youth
In office
March 1990 – December 1995
Preceded byCarlos Coelho
Succeeded byJorge Moreira da Silva
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
23 October 2015 – 28 February 2018
ConstituencyLisbon
In office
20 June 2011 – 22 October 2015
ConstituencyVila Real
In office
4 November 1991 – 24 October 1999
ConstituencyLisbon
Personal details
Born
Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho

(1964-07-24) 24 July 1964 (age 59)
Coimbra, Portugal
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Spouses
Fátima Padinha
(m. 1985; div. 2003)
(m. 2004; died 2020)
Children3
EducationEscola Secundária Camilo Castelo Branco
Alma materLusíada University of Lisbon
AwardsOrder of Merit of the Republic of Poland Order of the Sun of Peru Order of the Aztec Eagle of Mexico
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Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾu mɐˈnwɛl mɐˈmɛðɨ ˈpasuʃ ˈkwɐʎu]; born 24 July 1964) is a Portuguese politician and university guest lecturer who was the 117th prime minister of Portugal, in office from 2011 to 2015. He was the leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) between 2010 and 2018.

Passos Coelho started very early in politics and was the national leader of the youth branch of PSD. He led the XIX Governo Constitucional (19th Constitutional Government of Portugal) and the XX Governo Constitucional (20th Constitutional Government of Portugal) as head of government from 21 June 2011 to 26 November 2015. His term in office oversaw the application of the European troika bailout to Portugal (requested by the previous Prime Minister, José Sócrates of the Socialist Party) and was marked by a wave of widespread austerity in both Portugal and abroad.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ EU austerity drive country by country, BBC (21 May 2012)
  2. ^ Zumbrun, Josh (7 November 2014). "The Federal Government Now Employs the Fewest People Since 1966". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  3. ^ Hutchens, Gareth (4 January 2015). "Why this obsession with cutting public service jobs?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

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