Hermínio Paiva Fernandes Martinho ComMA (born 23 March 1946) is a Portuguese agricultural engineer and politician, who was the first president of the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD).

Hermínio Martinho
President of PRD
In office
10 July 1985 – 19 October 1986
Preceded byParty established
Succeeded byRamalho Eanes
In office
29 May 1988 – 18 February 1990
Preceded byRamalho Eanes
Succeeded byPedro Canavarro
Personal details
Born (1946-03-23) 23 March 1946 (age 78)
Tancos, Vila Nova da Barquinha, Portugal
Political partyPS (1979–1982)

PRD (1985–1990)

PSD (1997–2001)

Early life

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Hermínio Martinho was born on 23 March 1946 in Tancos, Vila Nova da Barquinha, in the district of Santarém. He studied and did his military service in Santarém.[1]

Political career

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Between 1979 and 1982, Martinho was an alderman in the Municipality of Santarém for the Socialist Party.[1] In July 1985, Martinho was elected the first President of newly formed Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), a party that had the political support and mentoring of António Ramalho Eanes, then President of Portugal.[2] In the 1985 Portuguese legislative election, under Martinho's leadership, the PRD achieved more than a million votes and won 45 seats in the Assembly of the Republic, making PRD the third political force in Portugal.[2] Martinho was a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic between 1985 and 1991.[3]

In 1986, after Ramalho Eanes ended his term as President of Portugal, Martinho formally invited Ramalho Eanes to be the President of the PRD, giving up his position.[4] Following the disastrous results in the 1987 Portuguese legislative election, Ramalho Eanes resigned and Martinho was again elected President of the PRD in May 1988. In 1990 he resigned from his position after the party's bad results in the local election in 1989.[5]

Between 1997 and 2001, Martinho was again elected alderman in the Municipality of Santarém, this time for the Social Democratic Party.[1]

Electoral history

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Legislative election, 1985

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Ballot: 6 October 1985
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PSD Aníbal Cavaco Silva 1,732,288 29.9 88 +13
PS Almeida Santos 1,204,321 20.8 57 –44
PRD Hermínio Martinho 1,038,893 17.9 45 new
APU Álvaro Cunhal 898,281 15.5 38 –6
CDS Lucas Pires 577,580 10.0 22 –8
UDP Mário Tomé 73,401 1.3 0 ±0
Other parties 128,846 2.2 0 ±0
Blank/Invalid ballots 145,319 2.5
Turnout 5,798,929 74.16 250 ±0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[6]

Lisbon City Council election, 1989

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Ballot: 17 December 1989
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PS/CDU/MDP/CDE Jorge Sampaio 180,635 49.1 9 +1
PSD/CDS/PPM Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa 154,888 42.1 8 –1
PRD Hermínio Martinho 11,453 3.1 0 new
PCTP/MRPP Garcia Pereira 6,390 1.7 0 ±0
FER Gil Garcia 1,326 0.4 0 new
Blank/Invalid ballots 13,433 3.7
Turnout 368,125 54.76 17 ±0
Source: Autárquicas 1989[7][8][9][10][11]

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Personalidade do Ano – Vida Hermínio Martinho". The best project ever. (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "PRD. Um caso de exceção". www.dn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ^ "1986. Eanes assume liderança do PRD". www.dn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Demissão de Hermínio Martinho da liderança do PRD" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Resultados AR 1985" (PDF). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Distrito de Lisboa : Autárquicas Resultados 1989 : Dossier : Grupo Marktest". Marktest. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Entrevista a Hermínio Martinho". RTP. 18 December 1989. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Garcia Pereira candidato à Câmara de Lisboa". RTP. 18 December 1989. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Garcia Pereira candidato à Câmara de Lisboa". RTP. 3 November 1989. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Campanha da FER para as autárquicas de Lisboa". RTP. 12 December 1989. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  12. ^ "ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS – Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas". www.ordens.presidencia.pt. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  13. ^ a b "ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS ESTRANGEIRAS – Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas". www.ordens.presidencia.pt. Retrieved 2 May 2021.