Jump to content

Jerónimo de Sousa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jerónimo de Sousa
Jerónimo de Sousa in July 2022
General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party
In office
27 November 2004 – 12 November 2022
Preceded byCarlos Carvalhas
Succeeded byPaulo Raimundo
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
10 March 2005 – 21 November 2022
ConstituencyLisbon
In office
5 April 2002 – 9 March 2005
ConstituencySetúbal
In office
3 June 1976 – 26 October 1995
ConstituencyLisbon
Personal details
Born
Jerónimo Carvalho de Sousa

(1947-04-13) 13 April 1947 (age 77)
Loures, Portugal
Political partyPortuguese Communist Party (1974–present)
Children2
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionMetallurgic worker

Jerónimo Carvalho de Sousa (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒɨˈɾɔnimu ðɨ ˈsozɐ]; born 13 April 1947) is a Portuguese politician who served as General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party from the 17th Congress of the Party in November 2004 to the party's National Conference in November 2022.[1][2]

He is a member of the Assembly of the Republic and was also a candidate in the 2006 presidential election.

Electoral results

[edit]

1996 Portuguese presidential election

[edit]

Jerónimo de Sousa left the race in favour of Jorge Sampaio.[3]

2006 Portuguese presidential election

[edit]

Jerónimo de Sousa finished fourth with 474,083 votes (8.64%).[4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ RAPHAEL MINDER (May 13, 2010). "Like Spain, Portugal Hopes to Make Cuts, but It Is Mired in Structural Weakness". The New York Times: Global Business. Retrieved 2010-12-07. In Portugal, smaller political parties also urged resistance. Jerónimo de Sousa, head of the Communist Party, said on Portuguese television that "people have to react with protest and struggle."
  2. ^ "Paulo Raimundo eleito Secretário-Geral do PCP". Partido Comunista Português (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  3. ^ Comissão Nacional de Eleições Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (1996)
  4. ^ Comissão Nacional de Eleições Archived 2012-08-21 at the Wayback Machine (2006)