“I’m sure that we will make the necessary change and Portugal will achieve new prosperity with economic growth.”
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Pedro Passos Coelho
Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho 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.
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business · Prime Minister of Portugal from 2011 to 2015 · economist · politician · entrepreneur · head of government · also Pedro Passos Coelho, Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho, Coelho
Born 24 July 1964 · Q57615
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2026· 3 entries
Observador: Pedro Passos Coelho
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Correio da Manhã: Pedro Passos Coelho vai ao casamento da primeira filha de Laura Ferreira
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2013· 2 entries
An installation commission was soon created that allowed the Council of Ministers, in October 2014, to formalize the creation of the Financial Development Institution (IFD - Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento) whi
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The XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal, led then by Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, passed the National Strategy for the Integration of the Romani Communities, creating a Consultative Group for the Integration
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2012· 2 entries
More than 300 km of railways were closed (to all traffic or to passenger only)
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By Passos Coelho's cabinet
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2011· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Portugal (2011–2015).
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2010· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Social Democratic Party (2010–2018).
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2007· 2 entries
After a referendum, that allowed it under any circumstance until 10 weeks of pregnancy
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His second marriage was to Laura Ferreira, a physiotherapy technician, born in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau, West Africa), with whom he has one daughter, Júlia Ferreira Passos Coelho (born 2007).
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1999· 1 entry
In the Lusíada University, where he would obtain a degree in economics in 2001, when he was 37 years old
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1997· 1 entry
Ran for mayor of Amadora without success, but was elected municipal councillor (1997–2001)
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1988· 1 entry
He was married to Fátima Padinha, a former singer in the girl band Doce, with whom he has two daughters, Joana Padinha Passos Coelho (born 1988) and Catarina Padinha Passos Coelho (born 1993).
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1987· 1 entry
Was elected vice-president of JSD, and president in 1991
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1975· 1 entry
The year that Angola became an independent territory known as the People's Republic of Angola
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1974· 2 entries
And the dismantling of the Portuguese Overseas Empire in Africa, he returned to Europe, settling in his grandparents estate, in Vale de Nogueiras, near the city of Vila Real, Norte Region, Portugal
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And the independence of the territory as the People's Republic of Angola, he returned with his family to Europe and settled in Vila Real, in northern Portugal
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1964· 1 entry
Born 1964-07-24.
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