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− | }}'''Francisco Pinto Balsemão''' was [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] between January 1981 and June 1983, getting the job after his predecessor was assassinated by the [[CIA]] in the [[1980 Camarate air crash]]. He soon moved politics to an unswerving loyalty to the United States.<ref>https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0929/092951.html</ref> He | + | }}'''Dr Francisco Pinto Balsemão''' was [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] between January 1981 and June 1983, getting the job after his predecessor was assassinated by the [[CIA]] in the [[1980 Camarate air crash]]. He soon moved politics to an unswerving loyalty to the United States.<ref>https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0929/092951.html</ref> He was a member of the Bilderberg Steering committee. |
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After privatizing banks and changing labor and strike laws, in Sept 1982, he visited the United States "with a reassuring message for the US banking community", meeting with representatives of the main American banks that have been doing business with [[Portugal]]. As the [[CCM]] pointed out "The result should be to make a West European country that still has a relatively cheap and peaceful labor force, and almost no antipollution laws, irresistibly attractive to foreign investment."<ref>https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0929/092951.html</ref> | After privatizing banks and changing labor and strike laws, in Sept 1982, he visited the United States "with a reassuring message for the US banking community", meeting with representatives of the main American banks that have been doing business with [[Portugal]]. As the [[CCM]] pointed out "The result should be to make a West European country that still has a relatively cheap and peaceful labor force, and almost no antipollution laws, irresistibly attractive to foreign investment."<ref>https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0929/092951.html</ref> | ||
− | These factors contributed to his defeat in the parliamentary election of 1983. He finally retired from Parliament in 1987 though not from politics | + | These factors contributed to his defeat in the parliamentary election of 1983. He finally retired from Parliament in 1987 though not from politics. |
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Revision as of 14:24, 1 February 2022
Francisco Balsemão (journalist, businessman, politician) | |
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Born | 1937-09-01 Lisbon, Portugal |
Nationality | Portuguese |
Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Spouse | Maria Isabel de Lacerda Pinto da Costa Lobo |
Founder of | Social Democratic Party (Portugal) |
Member of | Bilderberg/Steering committee, Forum Portugal Global |
Party | Social Democratic Party |
Dr Francisco Pinto Balsemão was Prime Minister of Portugal between January 1981 and June 1983, getting the job after his predecessor was assassinated by the CIA in the 1980 Camarate air crash. He soon moved politics to an unswerving loyalty to the United States.[1] He was a member of the Bilderberg Steering committee.
Career
Balsemão's pre-political career was in newspaper publishing during the fascist dictatorship, first for the Air Force magazine, then as an administrator of Diário Popular (the People's Daily in English) from 1963 to 1971. He founded the Expresso magazine in 1973 and continued to direct it until 1980. He is one of top managers and owners of Impresa media group. He was also a Member of Parliament during the dictatorship, before the 1974 revolution.
In 1974, he helped to found the Social Democratic Party (PSD), of which he is currently member number 1. (The party started as Social Democrat, but all Portuguese party names are confusing, it soon moved to become the leading centre-right, conservative party) In 1975 he was elected to the Constituent Assembly, which was charged with drafting a new constitution and served as an interim legislature. Pinto Balsemão was chosen as a Vice-President of this body.
Following the victory of the Democratic Alliance (a coalition led by the PSD) in two parliamentary elections (in 1979 and 1980), Pinto Balsemão held senior positions in two cabinets led by Prime Minister Sá Carneiro.
When Sá Carneiro was assassinated by the CIA on 4 December 1980, the Social Democratic Party chose Pinto Balsemão to succeed him. Despite his reputation for competence, he was widely perceived as lacking Sá Carneiro's charisma. He had difficulty maintaining the level of support enjoyed by his party, which had been based to a large extent on Sá Carneiro's personal popularity, and also thanks to the new PM's economic shift to the right.
After privatizing banks and changing labor and strike laws, in Sept 1982, he visited the United States "with a reassuring message for the US banking community", meeting with representatives of the main American banks that have been doing business with Portugal. As the CCM pointed out "The result should be to make a West European country that still has a relatively cheap and peaceful labor force, and almost no antipollution laws, irresistibly attractive to foreign investment."[2]
These factors contributed to his defeat in the parliamentary election of 1983. He finally retired from Parliament in 1987 though not from politics.
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/2006 | 8 June 2006 | 11 June 2006 | Canada Ottawa | 54th Bilderberg, held in Canada. 133 guests |
Bilderberg/2008 | 5 June 2008 | 8 June 2008 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 56th Bilderberg, Chantilly, Virginia, 139 guests |
Bilderberg/2009 | 14 May 2009 | 17 May 2009 | Greece Vouliagmeni | The 57th Bilderberg |
Bilderberg/2010 | 3 June 2010 | 6 June 2010 | Spain Hotel Dolce Sitges Barcelona | The 122 guests met in the Hotel Dolce Sitges, Barcelona, Spain. |
Bilderberg/2011 | 9 June 2011 | 12 June 2011 | Switzerland Hotel Suvretta St. Moritz | 59th meeting, in Switzerland, 129 guests |
Bilderberg/2012 | 31 May 2012 | 3 June 2012 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 58th Bilderberg, in Chantilly, Virginia. Unusually just 4 years after an earlier Bilderberg meeting there. |
Bilderberg/2013 | 6 June 2013 | 9 June 2013 | Watford UK | The 2013 Bilderberg group meeting. |
Bilderberg/2014 | 29 May 2014 | 1 June 2014 | Denmark Copenhagen Marriott Hotel | The 62nd Bilderberg, with 136 guests, held in Copenhagen |
Bilderberg/2015 | 11 June 2015 | 14 June 2015 | Austria Telfs-Buchen | The 63rd meeting, 128 Bilderbergers met in Austria |
Bilderberg/2023 | 18 May 2023 | 21 May 2023 | Portugal Lisbon Pestana Palace Hotel | The 69th Bilderberg Meeting, held in Lisbon, with 128 guests on the official list. The earliest in the year since 2009. |