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Pedro Passos Coelho

1964 - Today

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Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾu mɐˈnwɛl mɐˈmɛðɨ ˈpasuʃ ˈkwɐʎu]; born 24 July 1964) is a Portuguese politician and university guest lecturer who was the 117th prime minister of Portugal, in office from 2011 to 2015. He was the leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) between 2010 and 2018. Passos Coelho started very early in politics and was the national leader of the youth branch of PSD. He led the XIX Governo Constitucional (19th Constitutional Government of Portugal) and the XX Governo Constitucional (20th Constitutional Government of Portugal) as head of government from 21 June 2011 to 26 November 2015. His term in office oversaw the application of the European troika bailout to Portugal (requested by the previous Prime Minister, José Sócrates of the Socialist Party) and was marked by a wave of widespread austerity in both Portugal and abroad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Passos Coelho is the 12,993rd most popular politician (down from 12,547th in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 285th in 2019) and the 114th most popular Portuguese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pedro Passos Coelho ranks 12,993 out of 19,576Before him are Joan Martí i Alanis, Gary Hocking, Rain-in-the-Face, Solomon Lozovsky, Amadocus I, and Rekhmire. After him are Osorkon IV, Marino Zorzi, Robert Andersson, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg, Lyndon LaRouche, and Mohammad Afzal Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Pedro Passos Coelho ranks 177Before him are Ian Hart, Martin Donnelly, Christopher Eccleston, Benoît Poelvoorde, Mayumi Kaji, and Elie Saab. After him are Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Lady Sarah Chatto, Thomas Berthold, Lorenzo Staelens, Wael Nader al-Halqi, and Ian Ziering.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Pedro Passos Coelho ranks 299 out of 633Before him are António Manoel de Vilhena (1663), Ricardo Costa (1981), Martim Afonso de Sousa (1500), Simão Rodrigues (1510), José Malhoa (1855), and Walther Katzenstein (1878). After him are Dulce Pontes (1969), António Ribeiro (1928), Afonso Costa (1871), Nadir Afonso (1920), Nené (1949), and Joaquim Carvalho (1937).

Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, Pedro Passos Coelho ranks 114Before him are Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal (1739), Vasco de Almeida e Costa (1932), Jaime, Duke of Braganza (1483), Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1937), Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza (1510), and António Manoel de Vilhena (1663). After him are Guilhermina Suggia (1885), João de Castro (1500), Carlos Mota Pinto (1936), Alfredo Nobre da Costa (1923), Pedro Santana Lopes (1956), and Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941).