Pedro Santana Lopes
 Pedro Santana Lopes    ( lawyer, politician) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 June 1956 Lisbon, Portugal | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Portuguese | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon | |||||||||||
| Children | • With Maria Isabel: • Gonçalo Nuno • With Maria Teresa: • Duarte Nuno José Maria • With Maria de Fátima: • Carolina Maria Diogo Maria | |||||||||||
| Spouse | Maria Isabel Marques Dias | |||||||||||
| Party | Social Democratic Party (Portugal) | |||||||||||
Became Prime Minister of Portugal a month after attending the 2004 Bilderberg
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}} Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopesis a Portuguese lawyer and politician who was prime minister of Portugal from 2004 to 2005.
Background
Pedro Santana Lopes was born in Campo Grande, Lisbon, to company administrator Aníbal Luís Lopes and Maria Ivone Risques Pereira de Santana, a half-great-great-great-niece of the 2nd Baron of Brissos.
Education
He graduated as a Licentiate in law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, where he was the leader of the Student Union, becoming a lawyer.
Career
He joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in 1976. There he started his career as a deputy to the Assembly of the Republic.
In 1979, he became a legal advisor to Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro, and has identified himself as a follower of his for all his political life.
In 1986, he became the assistant state secretary to Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva, an office he left the next year to lead to PSD list to the European Parliament, where he remained for two years of his five-year-term.
In 1990, Cavaco Silva appointed him to the government post of Secretary of State for Culture. He left the office in 1994, in disagreement with Cavaco, and returned to law practice. In the 1997 local elections, he ran successfully to become mayor of Figueira da Foz. He decided not to seek a second term there, and instead ran for mayor of Lisbon in the 2001 local elections, defeating the incumbent João Soares and becoming one of the biggest surprises of the electoral night.
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2004 | 3 June 2004 | 6 June 2004 | Italy Stresa | The 52nd such meeting. 126 recorded guests |
