Paulo Portas | |
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 Portas in 2009 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal | |
| In office 24 July 2013 – 26 November 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Preceded by | Eurico de Melo |
| Succeeded by | Position vacant |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 21 June 2011 – 24 July 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Preceded by | Luís Amado |
| Succeeded by | Rui Machete |
| Leader of the CDS – People's Party | |
| In office 21 April 2007 – 13 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | José Ribeiro e Castro |
| Succeeded by | Assunção Cristas |
| In office 22 March 1998 – 24 April 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel Monteiro |
| Succeeded by | José Ribeiro e Castro |
| Minister of National Defence | |
| In office 6 April 2002 – 12 March 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | José Manuel Barroso Pedro Santana Lopes |
| Preceded by | Rui Pena |
| Succeeded by | Luís Amado |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 1 October 1995 – 2 June 2016 | |
| Constituency | Aveiro (1995–2015) Lisbon (2015–2016) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas 12 September 1962 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | People's Party (1995–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Social Democratic Party (1975–1982) |
| Relatives | Miguel Portas (brother) Catarina Portas (half-sister) Sacadura Cabral (great-uncle) Maria Velho da Costa (godmother) |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Portugal |
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Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas (born 12 September 1962, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ˈpɔɾtɐʃ]) is a Portuguese media and political figure, who has, since the 1990s, been one of Portugal's leading conservative politicians. He was the leader of one of Portugal's right-wing parties, the CDS – People's Party (CDS-PP) from 1998 to 2005 and 2007–2016, on whose lists he was elected to the Portuguese Parliament in every legislative election between 1995 and 2015. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal from 2013 to 2015, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2013, and Minister of Defence from 2002 to 2005, all three times in coalitions of the PSD and his CDS-PP. Portas withdrew from politics in 2016.