Socialist Party Partido Socialista | |
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Abbreviation | PS |
President | Carlos César |
Secretary-General | Pedro Nuno Santos |
Founder | Mário Soares |
Founded | 19 April 1973 |
Legalized | 1 February 1975[1] |
Preceded by | Acção Socialista Portuguesa |
Headquarters | Largo do Rato 2, 1269–143 Lisbon |
Newspaper | Acção Socialista |
Student wing | Estudantes Socialistas |
Youth wing | Socialist Youth |
Women's wing | National Department of the Socialist Women |
Membership (2022) | 81,171[2] |
Ideology | Social democracy |
Political position | Centre-left |
National affiliation | FRS (1980–1982) |
European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
International affiliation | |
European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
Trade union affiliation | General Union of Workers |
Colours | |
Anthem | A Internacional[3] (The Internationale) |
Assembly of the Republic | 78 / 230 |
European Parliament | 9 / 21 |
Regional Parliaments | 34 / 104 |
Local government (Mayors) | 148 / 308 |
Local government (Parishes) | 1,264 / 3,066 |
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Website | |
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The Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Socialista, pronounced [pɐɾˈtiðu susiɐˈliʃtɐ], PS) is a social-democratic[4][5] political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel by militants who were at the time with the Portuguese Socialist Action (Portuguese: Acção Socialista Portuguesa). The PS is a member of the Socialist International, Progressive Alliance and Party of European Socialists, and has nine members in the European Parliament within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group during the 9th European Parliament. It was the governing party of Portugal between November 2015 and April 2024, subsequently winning the 2019 and 2022 legislative elections.
A party of the centre-left,[6][7] the PS is one of the two major parties in Portuguese politics, its rival being the Social Democratic Party (PSD), a centre-right, conservative party. The current leader of the PS is Pedro Nuno Santos.