Paulo Portas
Portuguese media and political figure · Portugal · On the map · Politicians · Born 1962 · age 64
Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas is a Portuguese media and political figure, who has, since the 1990s, been one of Portugal's leading conservative politicians.
Paulo Portas is read about 59 times a day, in 12 languages.
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Helena Sacadura Cabral and her two sons, Miguel and Paulo Portas
Paulo Portas with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during a visit to the Department of Defense in 2002 when Portas claimed to have seen "irrefutable evidence of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction" that turned out to never have existed.
Paulo Portas with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a visit to the State Department in 2011 to discuss Middle East and EU affairs.
The historic fort of São Julião da Barra where Paulo Portas took up residence upon becoming Minister of Defense.Awards
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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.
