Manuel Monteiro
{{Short description|Portuguese jurist, professor and former politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Manuel Monteiro
|honorific-suffix =
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|office1 = Member of the Assembly of the Republic
{{small|Elections: 1985, 1995}}
|term_start1 = 27 October 1995
|term_end1 = 24 October 1999
|constituency1 = Braga District
|term_start2 = 4 November 1985
|term_end2 = 12 August 1987
|constituency2 = Porto District
|office3 = President of People's Party
|term_start3 = 22 March 1992
|term_end3 = 22 March 1998
|predecessor3 = Diogo Freitas do Amaral
|successor3 = Paulo Portas
|office4 = President of New Democracy Party
|term_start4 = 2003
|term_end4 = 2008
|predecessor4 = Office created
|successor4 = Joel Viana
|birth_name = Manuel Fernando da Silva Monteiro
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1962|04|01}}
|birth_place = Anissó, Vieira do Minho, Portugal
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = CDS - People's Party (1978-2003, 2020-present)
|otherparty = New Democracy Party (2003-2008)
Independent (2008-2020)
|spouse =
|children =
|alma_mater = Catholic University of Portugal
Lusíada University
}}
Manuel Fernando da Silva Monteiro (Anissó, Vieira do Minho, 1 April 1962) is a Portuguese jurist, professor and former politician.
Early years
Manuel Monteiro started his political life during his youth. He was elected president of the People's Youth (then called Centrist Youth) in 1986.
Political career
He was the winning candidate of the internal elections of March 1992 in the Democratic and Social Centre, moving the party from the traditional centrist base to the right. His political platform was against a Federal Europe, the Maastricht Treaty and the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union.
In 1995 he changed the party's name to People's Party.{{cite book|last1=Pennings|first1=Paul|last2=Lane|first2=Jan-Erik|title=Comparing party system change|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uez5TOcnEdAC&pg=PA212|year=1998|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-16550-1|page=212}} The renamed party won 9% of the popular vote and 15 deputies, at the legislative elections held on 1 October 1995. This represented a partial comeback for the party that had been comprehensively defeated in the elections of 1987 and 1991. Heavy losses in the local elections of 1997, however, led Monteiro to resign.,{{cite book|last=Biezen|first=Ingrid van|title=Political parties in new democracies: party organization in Southern and East-Central Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SgaebAVgd4UC&pg=PA58|year=2003|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-4039-0307-5|page=58}} being succeeded by Paulo Portas,{{cite book|last=Magone|first=José María|title=The politics of southern Europe: integration into the European Union|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KOj2BwVxczUC&pg=PA144|year=2003|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-97787-0|page=144}} his former friend and protégé.
Manuel Monteiro left People's Party in 2002, following a disagreement with Paulo Portas. In June 2003 he founded the New Democracy Party (PND; Partido da Nova Democracia in Portuguese). This new political force never achieved major electoral successes, and Monteiro left the party leadership in November 2008, resigning from its membership two years later. Since then he has been politically inactive.
Professional and academic career
Manuel Monteiro is a licenciate in Law from the Catholic University of Portugal. He worked at the Portuguese Industry Confederation and Banco Comercial Português. He also taught at Tomar Polytechnical Institute and Lusíada University. In 2012 he received a doctorate degree from Lusíada University.
Electoral history
=CDS leadership election, 1992=
{{election table|title=Ballot: 21 March 1992}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|CDS – People's Party}}|
| align=left | Manuel Monteiro
| align=center | WIN
| align=right |
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|CDS – People's Party}}|
| align=left | Basílio Horta
| align=right |
| align=right |
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|CDS – People's Party}}|
| align=left | António Lobo Xavier
| align=right |
| align=right |
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout
| align=right |
| align=center |
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Source: CDS Congress[https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/manuel-monteiro-eleito-lider-do-cds/ "Manuel Monteiro eleito líder do CDS"], RTP, 22 March 1992. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
|}
=European Parliament election, 1994=
{{Main|1994 European Parliament election in Portugal}}
{{election table|title=Ballot: 12 June 1994}}
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|PS
| align=left |António Vitorino || 1,061,560 || 34.9 || 10 || style="color:green;"| +3
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|PSD
| align=left |Eurico de Melo || 1,046,918 || 34.4 || 9 || ±0
|-
| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|
| align="left"| CDS–PP
| align=left |Manuel Monteiro || 379,044 || 12.5 || 3 || ±0
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|
| align="left"| CDU
| align=left |Luis Manuel de Sá || 340,725 || 11.2 || 3 || style="color:red;"| –1
|-
| style="background:white;"|
| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties
| 121,498 || 4.0 || 0 || style="color:red;"| –1
|-
| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots
| 94,236 || 3.1 || – || –
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout
| 3,044,001 || 35.54 || 25 || style="color:green;"| +1
|-
| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_pe_1994.pdf |title=Comissão Nacional de Eleições Mapa Oficial |work=Diário da República |date=22 July 1994 |access-date=9 August 2024}}
|}
=Legislative election, 1995=
{{Main|1995 Portuguese legislative election}}
{{election table|title=Ballot: 1 October 1995}}
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|PS
| align=left |António Guterres || 2,583,755 || 43.8 || 112 || style="color:green;"| +40
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|PSD
| align=left |Fernando Nogueira || 2,014,589 || 34.1 || 88 || style="color:red;"| –47
|-
| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|
| align="left"| CDS–PP
| align=left |Manuel Monteiro || 534,470 || 9.1 || 15 || style="color:green;"| +10
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|
| align="left"| CDU
| align=left |Carlos Carvalhas || 506,157 || 8.6 || 15 || style="color:red;"| –2
|-
| style="background:white;"|
| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties
| 152,790 || 2.6 || 0 || style="color:red;"| –1
|-
| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots
| 113,093 || 1.9 || – || –
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout
| 5,904,854 || 66.30 || 230 || ±0
|-
| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_ar_1995.pdf |title=Resultados AR 1995 |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |access-date=5 August 2024}}
|}
=European Parliament election, 2004=
{{Main|2004 European Parliament election in Portugal}}
{{election table|title=Ballot: 13 June 2004}}
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|PS
| align=left |António Costa{{efn|name=EP2004}} || 1,516,001 || 44.5 || 12 || ±0
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Portugal Ahead}};"|
| align="left"|FP
| align=left |João de Deus Pinheiro|| 1,132,769 || 33.3 || 9 || style="color:red;"| –2
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|
| align="left"| CDU
| align=left |Ilda Figueiredo || 309,401 || 9.1 || 2 || ±0
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"| BE
| align=left |Miguel Portas || 167,313 || 4.9 || 1 || style="color:green;"| +1
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat}};"|
| align="left"| PCTP/MRPP
| align=left |Garcia Pereira || 36,294 || 1.1 || 0 || ±0
|-
| style="background:{{party color|New Democracy Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"| PND
| align=left |Manuel Monteiro || 33,833 || 1.0 || 0 || new
|-
| style="background:white;"|
| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties
| 74,505 || 2.2 || 0 || ±0
|-
| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots
| 134,166 || 4.0 || – || –
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout
| 3,404,782 || 38.60 || 24 || style="color:red;"| –1
|-
| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_pe_2004.pdf |title=Comissão Nacional de Eleições Mapa Oficial n.o 1/2004 |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |date=23 July 2004 |access-date=4 August 2024}}
|}
=Legislative election, 2005=
{{Main|2005 Portuguese legislative election}}
{{election table|title=Ballot: 20 February 2005}}
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|PS
| align=left |José Sócrates || 2,588,312 || 45.0 || 121 || style="color:green;"| +25
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|PSD
| align=left |Pedro Santana Lopes || 1,653,425 || 28.8 || 75 || style="color:red;"| –30
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|
| align="left"| CDU
| align=left |Jerónimo de Sousa || 433,369 || 7.5 || 14 || style="color:green;"| +2
|-
| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|
| align="left"| CDS–PP
| align=left |Paulo Portas || 416,415 || 7.3 || 12 || style="color:red;"| –2
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"| BE
| align=left |Francisco Louçã || 364,971 || 6.4 || 8 || style="color:green;"| +5
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat}};"|
| align="left"| PCTP/MRPP
| align=left |Garcia Pereira || 48,186 || 0.8 || 0 || ±0
|-
| style="background:{{party color|New Democracy Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"| PND
| align=left |Manuel Monteiro || 40,358 || 0.7 || 0 || new
|-
| style="background:white;"|
| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties
| 33,583 || 0.6 || 0 || ±0
|-
| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots
| 169,052 || 2.9 || – || –
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout
| 5,747,834 || 64.26 || 230 || ±0
|-
| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_ar_2005_rectificacao.pdf |title=Resultados AR 2005 Rectificação |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |access-date=5 August 2024}}
|}
Notes
{{notelist
| refs =
{{efn
| name = EP2004
| Second in the list, became the top candidate after the sudden death of António de Sousa Franco, the original top candidate, during the campaign.
}}
}}
References
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Category:Portuguese Roman Catholics
Category:CDS – People's Party politicians
Category:New Democracy Party (Portugal) politicians