José Sócrates Politician
José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH (born 6 September 1957), commonly known as José Sócrates (Portuguese pronunciation: [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 the President-in-Office of the Council of the European Union. In addition to these posts, José Sócrates was Portugal's Minister for Youth and Sports and one of the organisers of the UEFA Euro 2004 football championship in Portugal, as well as being a former Environment Minister in the governments of António Guterres.On 23 March 2011, he submitted his resignation to the president after parliament rejected his government's austerity measures in a vote, leading to the Portuguese legislative election of 2011. After losing the election, held on 5 June 2011, he resigned as Secretary-General of the Socialist Party.On November 21, 2014, he was arrested in Lisbon, accused of corruption, tax evasion, and money laundering, becoming the first ex-PM in the history of the country to be thus accused. On November 24, Sócrates was remanded in custody on preliminary charges of corruption and tax fraud. He is currently detained in the prison of Évora.
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| office | Member of Parliament Prime Minister of Portugal Minister of the Environment Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal Secretary-General of the Socialist Party President of the European Council |
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| successor | Arlindo Cunha Fernando Gomes (Portuguese politician) |