Manuel Monteiro

Manuel Monteiro
Member of the Assembly of the Republic Elections: 1985, 1995
In office 27 October 1995 – 24 October 1999
Constituency	Braga District
In office 4 November 1985 – 12 August 1987
Constituency	Porto District
President of People's Party
In office 22 March 1992 – 22 March 1998
Preceded by	Diogo Freitas do Amaral
Succeeded by	Paulo Portas
President of New Democracy Party
In office 2003–2008
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Joel Viana
Personal details
Born	Manuel Fernando da Silva Monteiro (1962-04-01) 1 April 1962 (age 62) Anissó, Vieira do Minho, Portugal
Political party	CDS - People's Party (1978-2003, 2020-present)
Other political affiliations	New Democracy Party (2003-2008) Independent (2008-2020)
Alma mater	Catholic University of Portugal Lusíada University
Profession	Jurist Professor

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.[1] 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.,[2] being succeeded by Paulo Portas,[3] 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

Ballot: 21 March 1992

Candidate		Votes	%
	Manuel Monteiro	WIN
	Basílio Horta
	António Lobo Xavier
Turnout
Source: CDS Congress[4]

European Parliament election, 1994

Main article: 1994 European Parliament election in Portugal

Ballot: 12 June 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	PS	António Vitorino	1,061,560	34.9	10	+3
	PSD	Eurico de Melo	1,046,918	34.4	9	±0
	CDS–PP	Manuel Monteiro	379,044	12.5	3	±0
	CDU	Luis Manuel de Sá	340,725	11.2	3	–1
	Other parties		121,498	4.0	0	–1
Blank/Invalid ballots			94,236	3.1	–	–
Turnout			3,044,001	35.54	25	+1
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[5]

Legislative election, 1995

Main article: 1995 Portuguese legislative election

Ballot: 1 October 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	PS	António Guterres	2,583,755	43.8	112	+40
	PSD	Fernando Nogueira	2,014,589	34.1	88	–47
	CDS–PP	Manuel Monteiro	534,470	9.1	15	+10
	CDU	Carlos Carvalhas	506,157	8.6	15	–2
	Other parties		152,790	2.6	0	–1
Blank/Invalid ballots			113,093	1.9	–	–
Turnout			5,904,854	66.30	230	±0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[6]

European Parliament election, 2004

Main article: 2004 European Parliament election in Portugal

Ballot: 13 June 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	PS	António Costa[a]	1,516,001	44.5	12	±0
	FP	João de Deus Pinheiro	1,132,769	33.3	9	–2
	CDU	Ilda Figueiredo	309,401	9.1	2	±0
	BE	Miguel Portas	167,313	4.9	1	+1
	PCTP/MRPP	Garcia Pereira	36,294	1.1	0	±0
	PND	Manuel Monteiro	33,833	1.0	0	new
	Other parties		74,505	2.2	0	±0
Blank/Invalid ballots			134,166	4.0	–	–
Turnout			3,404,782	38.60	24	–1
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[7]

Legislative election, 2005

Main article: 2005 Portuguese legislative election

Ballot: 20 February 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	PS	José Sócrates	2,588,312	45.0	121	+25
	PSD	Pedro Santana Lopes	1,653,425	28.8	75	–30
	CDU	Jerónimo de Sousa	433,369	7.5	14	+2
	CDS–PP	Paulo Portas	416,415	7.3	12	–2
	BE	Francisco Louçã	364,971	6.4	8	+5
	PCTP/MRPP	Garcia Pereira	48,186	0.8	0	±0
	PND	Manuel Monteiro	40,358	0.7	0	new
	Other parties		33,583	0.6	0	±0
Blank/Invalid ballots			169,052	2.9	–	–
Turnout			5,747,834	64.26	230	±0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[8]

Notes

1. 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

1. Pennings, Paul; Lane, Jan-Erik (1998). Comparing party system change. Routledge. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-415-16550-1.
2. Biezen, Ingrid van (2003). Political parties in new democracies: party organization in Southern and East-Central Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4039-0307-5.
3. Magone, José María (2003). The politics of southern Europe: integration into the European Union. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-275-97787-0.
4. "Manuel Monteiro eleito líder do CDS", RTP, 22 March 1992. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
5. "Comissão Nacional de Eleições Mapa Oficial" (PDF). Diário da República. 22 July 1994. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
6. "Resultados AR 1995" (PDF). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
7. "Comissão Nacional de Eleições Mapa Oficial n.o 1/2004" (PDF). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. 23 July 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
8. "Resultados AR 2005 Rectificação" (PDF). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved 5 August 2024.