“Our interest is to fight clandestine abortion and we have to produce a law that respects the result of the referendum.”
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José Sócrates
José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, commonly known as José Sócrates, is a Portuguese politician who was the prime minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011. For the second half of 2007, he acted as president-in-office of the Council of the European Union.
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politics · Prime Minister of Portugal from 2005 to 2011 · politician · also José Sócrates, José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, Jose Socrates, Jose Socrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, Sócrates
Born 6 September 1957 · Q182367
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2026· 2 entries
“s only option for a new airport was in the Ota region north of Lisbon. But a powerful lobby, headed by local business honchos and given the imprimatur of the Portuguese president Aníbal Cavaco Silva, forced Sócrates”
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2018· 1 entry
Sócrates left the Socialist Party
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2017· 1 entry
Sócrates was formally indicted on corruption charges including bribery, money laundering and tax fraud
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2013· 1 entry
SciencesPo awarded him his master's degree in political science
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2011· 2 entries
And Ana Maria Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, died in 1988
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Sócrates and his elder son, moved to Paris where Sócrates attended the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (known as SciencesPo)
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2010· 5 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown (2010).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (2010).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (2010).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (2010).
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While the country entered a hard financial crisis in the context of the European debt crisis
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2009· 5 entries
Awarded Grand Cordon of the Order of the Star of Jordan (2009).
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Awarded Grand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (2009).
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It was suggested by some Portuguese and British media that José Sócrates had waived environmental restrictions, following intervention by one of his uncles and a cousin, to grant the British company Freeport a licence to
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Through the Decree-Law 91/2009, the rights of fathers and mothers were equalled under the law (see also Fathers' rights)
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And the outcome was the approval of the Treaty of Lisbon by all EU member states, including Ireland
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2007· 5 entries
Earned in 1996 the licenciatura (licentiate degree) in civil engineering from the Universidade Independente, a private university in Lisbon which was shut down by Portuguese authorities in 2007/2008
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At a time when the so-called Freeport case had already started in Portugal
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Career landmark: President-in-Office of the European Council (2007–2007).
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In an effort to revitalize this sector which had been almost discontinued after the Carnation Revolution of 1974
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The XVII Governo Constitucional, headed by Prime Minister José Sócrates, legalised abortion in Portugal after a referendum
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the White Star, 1st Class (2006).
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With the aim of explaining the large outgoing amounts of money from the company's headquarters in London at the time of approval of the project
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2005· 4 entries
By ISCTE, a public university institute in Lisbon, that he obtained after had attended successfully the first year of a 2-year master's degree program of ISCTE that he did not complete
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And later was incapable of doing anything to ameliorate the situation when the country was on the verge of bankruptcy in 2011
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Portugal (2005–2011).
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The committee responsible for the Programme for Restructuring the State's Central Administration (PRACE) but was said to be disappointed with the results
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2004· 3 entries
And led the party to its first absolute majority in the 2005 election
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Career landmark: General Secretary of the Socialist Party (Portugal) (2004–2011).
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Won a bid for the post of secretary-general against Manuel Alegre and João Soares, winning the vote of nearly 80% of party members on 24 September 2004
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2002· 3 entries
When the new EU body was formed (Eurojust), Mr Mota was transferred to The Hague as Portugal's representative to Eurojust
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Career landmark: Minister of Social Infrastructure (2002–2002).
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When he was Minister for Environment of the PM António Guterres' cabinet
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (2001).
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Considered appointing Sócrates as his successor
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1999· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of the Environment (1999–2002).
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1997· 2 entries
“O nosso desejo é que a Cimeira de Lisboa lance uma nova parceria entre a Europa e África.”
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“Há campanhas que podem ser poesia, mas governar é em prosa”
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1995· 2 entries
As secretary of state for Environment in the first cabinet of António Guterres
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Entered government as secretary of state for Environment in the first government of António Guterres
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1993· 1 entry
Sócrates is divorced from Sofia Costa Pinto Fava, an engineer, with whom he has two sons, José Miguel Fava Pinto de Sousa (b. 1993) and Eduardo Fava Pinto de Sousa (b. 1995).
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1990· 1 entry
And 1991, after being warned several times because of poor quality of construction projects and lack of monitoring of the construction works
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1987· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Assembly of the Republic (1987–1991).
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1981· 1 entry
And was elected as a member of parliament in 1987
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1979· 1 entry
His 4-year bacharelato degree as a civil technical engineer from the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra (in 1988 incorporated into the Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra)
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1975· 1 entry
Went to Coimbra in order to attend a higher education institution
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1974· 1 entry
And 2010, the democratic Portuguese Republic governments have encouraged over expenditure and investment bubbles through unclear public-private partnerships
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1957· 1 entry
Born 1957-09-06.
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