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José Sócrates

1957 - Today

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José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa (born 6 September 1957), commonly known as José Sócrates (European Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈsɔkɾɐtɨʃ]), is a Portuguese politician who was the prime minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011. For the second half of 2007, he acted as president-in-office of the Council of the European Union. Sócrates grew up in the industrial city of Covilhã. He joined the centre-left Socialist Party in 1981 and was elected as a member of parliament in 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Sócrates is the 7,157th most popular politician (up from 8,821st in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 202nd in 2019) and the 85th most popular Portuguese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Sócrates ranks 7,157 out of 19,576. Before him are Nebuchadnezzar III, François Georges-Picot, Kurunta, Mstislav of Chernigov, Milan Martić, and Tom Naudé. After him are François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, Viacheslav Chornovil, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Emperor Go-En'yū, and Şehzade Bayezid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, José Sócrates ranks 80. Before him are Yuen Biao, Robert Harris, Šefik Džaferović, Daniel Stern, Preben Elkjær, and Clive Burr. After him are Stephen Fry, Thierry Boutsen, Klaus Augenthaler, Ricardo Darín, Phil Murphy, and Caroline Kennedy.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, José Sócrates ranks 159 out of 633. Before him are Infanta Antónia of Portugal (1845), Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938), Ferdinand, Count of Flanders (1188), Álvaro Cunhal (1913), Cristóvão Ferreira (1580), and Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499). After him are John de Britto (1647), José Mendes Cabeçadas (1883), Isabel of Barcelos (1402), Humberto Delgado (1906), Bruno Fernandes (1994), and António de Abreu (1480).

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Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, José Sócrates ranks 85. Before him are Sidónio Pais (1872), Urraca of Portugal (1150), Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu (1430), Karl Nesselrode (1780), Manuel Gomes da Costa (1863), and Álvaro Cunhal (1913). After him are José Mendes Cabeçadas (1883), Isabel of Barcelos (1402), Humberto Delgado (1906), Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (1506), Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal (1509), and John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch (1431).

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