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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
| honorific-prefix =
|name = Pedro Santana Lopes
| name = Pedro Santana Lopes
|honorific-suffix = [[Order of Christ (Portugal)|GCC]]
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of Christ (Portugal)|GCC]]
|image = Pedro Santana Lopes 01.jpg
| image = Pedro Santana Lopes 01.jpg
|caption = Pedro Santana Lopes in 2005
| caption = Santana Lopes in 2005
|office1 = Mayor of [[Figueira da Foz]]
| office1 = Mayor of [[Figueira da Foz]]
|predecessor1 = Carlos Monteiro
| predecessor1 = Carlos Monteiro
|term_start1 = 17 October 2021
| term_start1 = 17 October 2021
|predecessor2 = Aguiar de Carvalho
| predecessor2 = Aguiar de Carvalho
|successor2 = António Duarte Silva
| successor2 = António Duarte Silva
|term_start2 = 20 January 1998
| term_start2 = 14 December 1998
|term_end2 = 22 January 2002
| term_end2 = 16 December 2001
|order = <!-- Please do not add his order, it is against WP:MOS, unused and clutter, only exception is the President of the United States. -->
| order = <!-- Please do not add his order, it is against WP:MOS, unused and clutter, only exception is the President of the United States. -->
|office = [[Prime Minister of Portugal]]
| office = [[Prime Minister of Portugal]]
|term_start = 17 July 2004
| term_start = 17 July 2004
|term_end = 12 March 2005
| term_end = 12 March 2005
|president = [[Jorge Sampaio]]
| president = [[Jorge Sampaio]]
|predecessor = [[José Manuel Barroso]]
| predecessor = [[José Manuel Barroso]]
|successor = [[José Sócrates]]
| successor = [[José Sócrates]]
|office4 = Chair of [[Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa]]
| office4 = Chair of [[Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa]]
|term_start4 = 14 September 2011
| term_start4 = 14 September 2011
|term_end4 = 20 October 2017
| term_end4 = 20 October 2017
| predecessor4 = Rui Cunha
|primeminister4 = [[Pedro Passos Coelho]]<br />[[António Costa]]
|predecessor4 = Rui Cunha
| successor4 = Edmundo Martinho
| office5 = [[List of mayors of Lisbon|Mayor of Lisbon]]
|successor4 = Edmundo Martinho
| term_start5 = 14 March 2005
|office5 = [[List of mayors of Lisbon|Mayor of Lisbon]]
|term_start5 = 14 March 2005
| term_end5 = 28 October 2005
|term_end5 = 28 October 2005
| deputy5 = <!-- [[Carmona Rodrigues]] -->
|deputy5 = <!-- [[Carmona Rodrigues]] -->
| predecessor5 = [[Carmona Rodrigues]]
|predecessor5 = [[Carmona Rodrigues]]
| successor5 = [[Carmona Rodrigues]]
|successor5 = [[Carmona Rodrigues]]
| term_start6 = 23 January 2002
|term_start6 = 23 January 2002
| term_end6 = 17 July 2004
|term_end6 = 17 July 2004
| deputy6 = <!-- [[Carmona Rodrigues]] -->
| predecessor6 = [[João Soares (politician)|João Soares]]
|deputy6 = <!-- [[Carmona Rodrigues]] -->
| successor6 = [[Carmona Rodrigues]]
|predecessor6 = [[João Soares (politician)|João Soares]]
| office7 = <!-- [[Leader of the Opposition (Portugal)|Leader of the Opposition]]
|successor6 = [[Carmona Rodrigues]]
|office7 = <!-- [[Leader of the Opposition (Portugal)|Leader of the Opposition]]
|term_start7 = 12 March 2005
|term_start7 = 12 March 2005
|term_end7 = 10 April 2005
|term_end7 = 10 April 2005
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|predecessor7 = [[José Sócrates]]
|predecessor7 = [[José Sócrates]]
|successor7 = [[Luís Marques Mendes]] -->
|successor7 = [[Luís Marques Mendes]] -->
|office8 = [[President of the Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|President of the Social Democratic Party]]
| office8 = [[President of the Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|President of the Social Democratic Party]]
|term_start8 = 30 June 2004
| term_start8 = 30 June 2004
|term_end8 = 10 April 2005
| term_end8 = 10 April 2005
|1blankname8 = {{nowrap|Secretary-General}}
| 1blankname8 = {{nowrap|Secretary-General}}
|1namedata8 = [[Miguel Relvas]]
| 1namedata8 = [[Miguel Relvas]]
|predecessor8 = [[José Manuel Barroso]]
| predecessor8 = [[José Manuel Barroso]]
|successor8 = [[Luís Marques Mendes]]
| successor8 = [[Luís Marques Mendes]]
|office9 = [[Ministry of Culture (Portugal)|Secretary of State for Culture]]
| office9 = [[Ministry of Culture (Portugal)|Secretary of State for Culture]]
|primeminister9 = [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]]
| primeminister9 = [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]]
|predecessor9 = [[Teresa Patrício de Gouveia|Teresa Gouveia]]
| predecessor9 = [[Teresa Patrício de Gouveia|Teresa Gouveia]]
|successor9 = Manuel Frexes
| successor9 = Manuel Frexes
|term_start9 = 9 January 1990
| term_start9 = 9 January 1990
|term_end9 = 30 December 1994
| term_end9 = 30 December 1994
|office10 = [[Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Portugal)|Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers]]
| office10 = [[Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Portugal)|Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers]]
|primeminister10 = [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]]
| primeminister10 = [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]]
|predecessor10 = Fernando Faria de Oliveira <br /> Alfredo Barroso
| predecessor10 = Alfredo Barroso
|successor10 = [[Luís Marques Mendes]]
| successor10 = [[Luís Marques Mendes]]
|term_start10 = 6 November 1985
| term_start10 = 6 November 1985
|term_end10 = 17 August 1987
| term_end10 = 17 August 1987
|office11 = [[List of Sporting Clube de Portugal presidents|President]] of [[Sporting CP]]
| office11 = [[List of Sporting Clube de Portugal presidents|President]] of [[Sporting CP]]
|term_start11 = 2 June 1995
| term_start11 = 2 June 1995
|term_end11 = 11 April 1996
| term_end11 = 11 April 1996
|predecessor11 = [[Sousa Cintra]]
| predecessor11 = [[Sousa Cintra]]
|successor11 = [[:pt:José Roquette|José Roquette]]
| successor11 = [[:pt:José Roquette|José Roquette]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|6|29|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|6|29|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
| birth_place = [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
|death_date =
| death_date =
|death_place =
| death_place =
|party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (2021–present)
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (2021–present)
|otherparty = [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|Social Democratic]] (1976–2018)<br />[[Alliance (Portugal)|Alliance]] (2018–2021)
| otherparty = [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|Social Democratic]] (1976–2018)<br />[[Alliance (Portugal)|Alliance]] (2018–2021)
|spouse = Maria Isabel Marques Dias ({{abbr|div.|divorced}})<br />Maria Teresa de Arriaga ({{abbr|div.|divorced}})<br />Maria de Fátima Bagulho ({{abbr|div.|divorced}})
| spouse = {{marriage|Maria Isabel Marques Dias|1979||end=div}}<br>{{marriage|Maria Teresa de Arriaga|1983||end=div}}
|children = 5
| children = 5
| alma_mater = [[University of Lisbon]]
|education = Liceu Padre António Vieira
|alma_mater = [[University of Lisbon]]
| signature = Assinatura Pedro Santana Lopes.svg
|signature = Assinatura Pedro Santana Lopes.svg
| website =
|website =
| office12 = {{MP PT}}
| term_start12 = 29 October 2005
| term_end12 = 14 October 2009
| term_start13 = 17 December 2001
| term_end13 = 22 January 2002
| term_start14 = 5 October 1980
| term_end14 = 30 September 1995
| constituency12 = [[Lisbon District|Lisbon]]
| constituency13 = [[Lisbon District|Lisbon]]
| constituency14 = [[Lisbon District|Lisbon]]
| office15 = [[Member of the European Parliament]]
| term_start15 = 14 September 1987
| term_end15 = 24 July 1989
| constituency15 = [[Portugal (European Parliament constituency)|Portugal]]
| relatives = [[Kaúlza de Arriaga]] (former father-in-law)<br>[[Manuela Ferreira Leite]] (cousin)
}}
}}


'''Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes''' {{Post-nominals|list=[[Order of Christ (Portugal)|GCC]]}} ({{IPA-pt|ˈpeðɾu sɐ̃ˈtɐnɐ ˈlɔpɨʃ}}; born 29 June 1956) is a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] lawyer and politician, who is the current Mayor of Figueira da Foz. He most notably served as [[prime minister of Portugal]] from 2004 to 2005.
'''Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes''' {{Post-nominals|list=[[Order of Christ (Portugal)|GCC]]}} ({{IPA|pt|ˈpeðɾu sɐ̃ˈtɐnɐ ˈlɔpɨʃ}}; born 29 June 1956) is a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] lawyer and politician, who is the current Mayor of [[Figueira da Foz]]. He most notably served as [[prime minister of Portugal]] from 2004 to 2005.


==Background and early life==
==Background and early life==


Pedro Santana Lopes was born in Campo Grande, [[Lisbon]], to Aníbal Luís Lopes (b. [[Lisbon]], São Sebastião da Pedreira, 17 February 1933), a company administrator whose maternal grandfather's maternal grandfather was a relative of [[João Brandão]],<ref>''Raízes e Memórias'', Associação Portuguesa de Genealogia, Lisboa</ref> and wife (m. [[Lisbon]], São Sebastião da Pedreira, 27 February 1954) Maria Ivone Risques Pereira de Santana ([[Lisbon]], São Sebastião da Pedreira, 3 May 1931 – [[Lisbon]], 23 March 1999), a half-great-great-great-niece of the 2nd [[Baron]] of Brissos.
Pedro Santana Lopes was born in Campo Grande, [[Lisbon]], to Aníbal Luís Lopes (b. [[Lisbon]], São Sebastião da Pedreira, 17 February 1933), a company administrator whose maternal grandfather's maternal grandfather was a relative of João Brandão,<ref>''Raízes e Memórias'', Associação Portuguesa de Genealogia, Lisboa</ref> and wife (m. [[Lisbon]], São Sebastião da Pedreira, 27 February 1954) Maria Ivone Risques Pereira de Santana ([[Lisbon]], São Sebastião da Pedreira, 3 May 1931 – [[Lisbon]], 23 March 1999), a half-great-great-great-niece of the 2nd [[Baron]] of Brissos.


He graduated as a [[Licentiate (degree)|Licentiate]] in law from the [[Faculty of Law]] of the [[University of Lisbon]], where he was the leader of the Student Union, becoming a lawyer.
He graduated as a [[Licentiate (degree)|Licentiate]] in law from the [[Faculty of Law]] of the [[University of Lisbon]], where he was the leader of the Student Union, becoming a lawyer.
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In 1986, he became the assistant state secretary to Prime Minister [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]], an office he left the next year to lead to PSD list to the [[European Parliament]], where he remained for two years of his five-year-term.
In 1986, he became the assistant state secretary to Prime Minister [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]], an office he left the next year to lead to PSD list to the [[European Parliament]], where he remained for two years of his five-year-term.


In 1990, Cavaco Silva appointed him to the government post of secretary of state for culture. He left the office in 1994, in disagreement with Cavaco, and returned to law practice. In the [[1997 Portuguese local elections|1997 local elections]], he ran successfully to become mayor of [[Figueira da Foz]]. He decided not to seek a second term there, and instead ran for [[mayor of Lisbon]] in the [[2001 Portuguese local elections|2001 local elections]], defeating the incumbent [[João Soares (politician)|João Soares]] and becoming one of the biggest surprises of the electoral night.
In 1990, Cavaco Silva appointed him to the government post of Secretary of State for Culture. He left the office in 1994, in disagreement with Cavaco, and returned to law practice. In the [[1997 Portuguese local elections|1997 local elections]], he ran successfully to become mayor of [[Figueira da Foz]]. He decided not to seek a second term there, and instead ran for [[mayor of Lisbon]] in the [[2001 Portuguese local elections|2001 local elections]], defeating the incumbent [[João Soares (politician)|João Soares]] and becoming one of the biggest surprises of the electoral night.


==Prime minister==
==Prime minister==
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Santana Lopes himself failed to gain a reputation as a competent prime minister.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} His unusual rise to power, as Barroso's successor rather than by election, contributed to these difficulties, despite his nomination being entirely constitutional.
Santana Lopes himself failed to gain a reputation as a competent prime minister.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} His unusual rise to power, as Barroso's successor rather than by election, contributed to these difficulties, despite his nomination being entirely constitutional.


The short career of Santana Lopes as prime minister began with some members of government being shuffled between departments on the same afternoon as the government was being inaugurated. His minister of defense [[Paulo Portas]] looked surprised during the ceremony when he was announced as the ''minister for national defense and sea affairs''. Portas' look of surprise when the name of his office was announced was broadcast live on television.
The short career of Santana Lopes as prime minister began with some members of government being shuffled between departments on the same afternoon as the government was being inaugurated. His minister of Defence [[Paulo Portas]] looked surprised during the ceremony when he was announced as the ''Minister for National Defence and Sea Affairs''. Portas' look of surprise when the name of his office was announced was broadcast live on television.


Santana Lopes' period in office was also marked by chaos in the allocation of teachers to schools{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} (more than a month after classes officially started, and resulting from alleged incompetence of the IT provider (designated during the previous Government); the problem was swiftly solved by another small provider), and by claims of pressure exerted on the press, including arranging for the replacement of the information director of the public television channel [[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal|RTP]], and pressing private television channel [[TVI (Portugal)|TVI]] to tone down the criticism of him by a political commentator, [[Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa]],{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} a former leader of his own party, who consequently left the channel.
Santana Lopes' period in office was also marked by chaos in the allocation of teachers to schools{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} (more than a month after classes officially started, and resulting from alleged incompetence of the IT provider (designated during the previous Government); the problem was swiftly solved by another small provider), and by claims of pressure exerted on the press, including arranging for the replacement of the information director of the public television channel [[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal|RTP]], and pressing private television channel [[TVI (Portugal)|TVI]] to tone down the criticism of him by a political commentator, [[Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa]],{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} a former leader of his own party, who consequently left the channel.


The government of Santana Lopes received its death sentence on 30 November 2004 when President [[Jorge Sampaio]], a member of the opposing party, announced that he was calling an early [[2005 Portuguese Parliament election|Parliament election]] for February 2005, from which a new government would be formed, after Henrique Chaves, a Santana Lopes loyalist, resigned after four days as minister for sport, claiming that Santana Lopes lacked "loyalty and truth".{{ref|http://www.tsf.pt/online/portugal/interior.asp?id_artigo=TSF156592}}
Santana Lopes' demise as head of government was sealed on 30 November 2004 when President [[Jorge Sampaio]], a member of the opposing party, announced that he was calling an early [[2005 Portuguese Parliament election|Parliament election]] for February 2005, from which a new government would be formed, after Henrique Chaves, a Santana loyalist, resigned after four days as Minister for Sport, claiming that he lacked "loyalty and truth".{{ref|http://www.tsf.pt/online/portugal/interior.asp?id_artigo=TSF156592}}


Santana Lopes announced the resignation of the government on 11 December so that his Government would assume just a caretaker role until the election. He went on to be defeated in the [[2005 Portuguese legislative election|2005 legislative elections]] which was won by the [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]] led by [[José Sócrates]]. Santana resigned as party leader two days later, although he still briefly assumed the informal position of [[Leader of the Opposition (Portugal)|leader of the opposition]], until the election of [[Luís Marques Mendes]] as new party leader.
Santana Lopes formally tendered his resignation on 11 December, and his government assumed just a caretaker role until the election. He went on to be defeated in the [[2005 Portuguese legislative election|2005 legislative elections]] which was won by the [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]] led by [[José Sócrates]]. Santana resigned as party leader two days later, although he still briefly assumed the informal position of [[Leader of the Opposition (Portugal)|leader of the opposition]], until the election of [[Luís Marques Mendes]] as new party leader.


==Subsequent career and activities==
==Subsequent career and activities==


Despite his defeat in the [[2005 Portuguese legislative election|2005 legislative elections]], Santana Lopes retained his seat at the Assembly of the Republic. He would also resume his functions as mayor of Lisbon, which had been suspended since he took office as prime minister. However, he decided not to seek another term on the [[2005 Portuguese local elections|2005 local elections]], being succeeded by his deputy, [[Carmona Rodrigues]], who had replaced him during his premiership. In October 2007, after the election of [[Luís Filipe Menezes]] as leader of the Social Democratic Party, he was invited to lead the PSD Parliamentary Group, a position he held until Menezes' resignation in June 2008.
Despite his defeat in the [[2005 Portuguese legislative election|2005 legislative elections]], Santana Lopes retained his seat at the Assembly of the Republic. He would also resume his functions as mayor of Lisbon, which had been suspended since he took office as prime minister. However, he decided not to seek another term on the [[2005 Portuguese local elections|2005 local elections]], being succeeded by his deputy, [[Carmona Rodrigues]], who had also replaced him during his premiership. In October 2007, after the election of [[Luís Filipe Menezes]] as leader of the Social Democratic Party, he was invited to lead the PSD Parliamentary Group, a position he held until Menezes' resignation in June 2008.


On the [[2009 Portuguese local elections|2009 local elections]], Santana Lopes ran again for mayor of Lisbon, supported by his party and by the [[CDS - People's Party]], the [[Earth Party]] and the [[People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)|People's Monarchist Party]]. This coalition was, however, unable to prevent the [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]], led by [[António Costa]], to achieve a big victory. Santana Lopes assumed the position of leader of the opposition in the municipality.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes fica na Câmara de Lisboa como vereador|url=https://www.dn.pt/portugal/sul/interior/santana-lopes-fica-na-camara-de-lisboa-como-vereador-1405571.html|website=dn.pt/|publisher=[[Diário de Notícias]]|access-date=19 August 2018|language=pt}}</ref>
On the [[2009 Portuguese local elections|2009 local elections]], Santana Lopes ran again for mayor of Lisbon, supported by his party and by the [[CDS - People's Party]], the [[Earth Party]] and the [[People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)|People's Monarchist Party]]. This coalition was, however, unable to prevent the [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]], led by [[António Costa]], to achieve a big victory. Santana Lopes assumed the position of leader of the opposition in the municipality.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes fica na Câmara de Lisboa como vereador|url=https://www.dn.pt/portugal/sul/interior/santana-lopes-fica-na-camara-de-lisboa-como-vereador-1405571.html|website=dn.pt/|publisher=[[Diário de Notícias]]|access-date=19 August 2018|language=pt}}</ref>
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In September 2011, Santana Lopes was nominated by Prime Minister [[Pedro Passos Coelho]] to assume leadership of [[Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa]], a charity that runs Portugal's national lottery. In March 2016, the new prime minister, [[António Costa]], nominated Santana Lopes for a new term.
In September 2011, Santana Lopes was nominated by Prime Minister [[Pedro Passos Coelho]] to assume leadership of [[Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa]], a charity that runs Portugal's national lottery. In March 2016, the new prime minister, [[António Costa]], nominated Santana Lopes for a new term.


In October 2017, Santana Lopes announced the intention to [[2018 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election|run again for the leadership of the Social Democratic Party]].<ref>Paul Ames (12 January 2018), [https://www.politico.eu/article/rui-rio-pedro-santana-lopes-battle-for-control-of-portuguese-right/ Thomson and Thompson battle for control of Portuguese right] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref> He resigned leadership of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa in order to do so, but was defeated by [[Rui Rio]]. After the internal election, both Rio and Santana tried to cooperate on several levels within the party,<ref>{{cite web|title=Rui Rio e Santana Lopes chegam a acordo para listas de unidade|url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/politica/detalhe/alcancado-acordo-entre-rui-rio-e-santana-lopes-para-listas-de-unidade|website=cmjornal.pt|publisher=[[Correio da Manhã (Portugal)|Correio da Manhã]]|access-date=19 August 2018|language=pt}}</ref> an effort which was not successful from Santana's point of view.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes em rota de colisão com Rui Rio|url=https://www.publico.pt/2018/04/17/politica/noticia/santana-lopes-em-rota-de-colisao-com-rui-rio-1810651|website=publico.pt|publisher=Público|access-date=19 August 2018|language=pt}}</ref> He grew increasingly disgruntled with the course of action imposed by Rui Rio, and in June 2018 he announced he would be ending his 42 years of party membership and would seek to create a new political party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes corta relação com o PSD e pode fundar novo partido|url=https://www.publico.pt/2018/06/27/politica/noticia/santana-lopes-corta-relacao-com-o-psd-e-pode-fundar-novo-partido-1836141|website=publico.pt|publisher=Público|access-date=19 August 2018|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes abandona PSD e prepara-se para formar um novo partido|url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/politica/detalhe/pedro-santana-lopes-abandona-o-psd-e-prepara-se-para-formar-um-novo-partido|website=cmjornal.pt|publisher=Correio da Manhã|access-date=19 August 2018|language=pt}}</ref>
In October 2017, Santana Lopes announced the intention to [[2018 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election|run again for the leadership of the Social Democratic Party]].<ref>Paul Ames (12 January 2018), [https://www.politico.eu/article/rui-rio-pedro-santana-lopes-battle-for-control-of-portuguese-right/ Thomson and Thompson battle for control of Portuguese right] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref> He resigned leadership of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa in order to do so, but was defeated by [[Rui Rio]]. After the party election, both Rio and Santana tried to cooperate on several levels,<ref>{{cite web|title=Rui Rio e Santana Lopes chegam a acordo para listas de unidade|url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/politica/detalhe/alcancado-acordo-entre-rui-rio-e-santana-lopes-para-listas-de-unidade|website=cmjornal.pt|publisher=[[Correio da Manhã (Portugal)|Correio da Manhã]]|access-date=19 August 2018|language=pt}}</ref> an effort which was not successful from Santana's point of view.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes em rota de colisão com Rui Rio|url=https://www.publico.pt/2018/04/17/politica/noticia/santana-lopes-em-rota-de-colisao-com-rui-rio-1810651|website=publico.pt|publisher=Público|access-date=19 August 2018|language=pt}}</ref> He grew increasingly disgruntled with the course of action imposed by Rui Rio, and in June 2018 announced he would be ending his 42 years of party membership and would seek to create a new political party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes corta relação com o PSD e pode fundar novo partido|url=https://www.publico.pt/2018/06/27/politica/noticia/santana-lopes-corta-relacao-com-o-psd-e-pode-fundar-novo-partido-1836141|website=publico.pt|publisher=Público|access-date=19 August 2018|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes abandona PSD e prepara-se para formar um novo partido|url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/politica/detalhe/pedro-santana-lopes-abandona-o-psd-e-prepara-se-para-formar-um-novo-partido|website=cmjornal.pt|publisher=Correio da Manhã|access-date=19 August 2018|language=pt}}</ref>


==Alliance (2018–2021)==
==Alliance (2018–2021)==


On 18 August 2018, it was revealed the new party headed by Santana Lopes was to be called '''[[Alliance (Portugal)|Alliance]]''' ({{lang-pt|Aliança}}).<ref>{{cite web|title="Aliança". O novo partido de Santana Lopes já tem nome e começa a ganhar forma|url=https://observador.pt/2018/08/18/alianca-o-novo-partido-de-santana-lopes-ja-tem-nome-e-comeca-a-ganhar-forma/|website=observador.pt|publisher=Observador|access-date=19 August 2018|language=pt}}</ref> The party underwent the legal registration process with the [[Constitutional Court (Portugal)|Constitutional Court]] and was officially registered on 23 October.
On 18 August 2018, it was revealed the new party headed and co-founded<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Santana Lopes deixa Aliança, partido que fundou em 2018 |url=https://observador.pt/2021/01/25/santana-lopes-deixa-alianca-partido-que-fundou-em-2018/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}}</ref> by Santana Lopes was to be called '''[[Alliance (Portugal)|Alliance]]''' ({{lang-pt|Aliança}}).<ref>{{cite web|title="Aliança". O novo partido de Santana Lopes já tem nome e começa a ganhar forma|url=https://observador.pt/2018/08/18/alianca-o-novo-partido-de-santana-lopes-ja-tem-nome-e-comeca-a-ganhar-forma/|website=observador.pt|publisher=Observador|access-date=19 August 2018|language=pt}}</ref> The party submitted the legally required paperwork to the [[Constitutional Court (Portugal)|Constitutional Court]] and was officially registered on 23 October.


Immediately after the official registration, the party started working on the campaign for the [[2019 European Parliament election in Portugal|2019 European Parliament election]]. Santana Lopes had already said, even before the party was registered, that he would not be running in the election, and that its top candidate would be announced in the near future.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes confirma: não será candidato às europeias|url=https://expresso.pt/politica/2018-08-19-Santana-Lopes-confirma-nao-sera-candidato-as-europeias|website=expresso.pt|publisher=Expresso|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> On 2 December 2018, the party formally announced Paulo de Almeida Sande, a professor of European affairs and advisor of the President [[Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa]], as its top candidate. While being generally considered to have a profound knowledge of European issues, Paulo Sande lacked recognition next to the general public, and relied heavily on Santana's personal popularity to engage with supporters and potential voters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sande é assessor de Marcelo e será cabeça de lista de Santana Lopes às europeias|url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/politica/detalhe/sande-e-assessor-de-marcelo-e-sera-cabeca-de-lista-de-santana-lopes-as-europeias|website=jornaldenegocios.pt|publisher=Jornal de Negócios|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> In March 2019, Santana Lopes said that the party's objective would be to elect at least one [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]], with three being a good result.<ref>{{cite web|title=Europeias: Santana Lopes diz que "boa vitória" será eleger três deputados|url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/politica/detalhe/europeias-santana-lopes-diz-que-boa-vitoria-sera-eleger-tres-deputados|website=jornaldenegocios.pt|publisher=Jornal de Negócios|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> Paulo Sande fared well in the televised debates, but the party suffered a heavy blow to its campaign when, on 15 May 2019, both Santana and Sande suffered a car crash on the [[A1 motorway (Portugal)|A1 motorway]]. The two were heading to a campaign rally in [[Cascais]] after an event in [[Coimbra]] when, between [[Soure, Portugal|Soure]] and [[Pombal, Portugal|Pombal]], Santana fell asleep and lost control of the vehicle, a [[Lexus]] rented in name of his law firm. The car started to slid slowly to the left, hit the central reservation barrier and then veered abruptly to the right, going out of the road and tumbling several times before coming to a standstill in an overturned position. No other vehicles were involved in the accident, but other drivers witnessed it and alerted the emergency services. Paulo Sande was able to get out of the wrecked car by his own means; he tried to release Santana but was unable to help him. He would only be removed from the wreckage by the emergency services, and was transported by helicopter to [[Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra|Coimbra hospital]], to where Sande was also taken by ambulance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Europeias: Santana Lopes ficou encarcerado no carro após aparatoso acidente|url=https://www.dn.pt/pais/europeias-paulo-sande-e-santana-lopes-envolvidos-em-acidente-rodoviario-na-zona-de-leiria-10902164.html|website=dn.pt|publisher=Diário de Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> The accident was reported by several media outlets, which prompted Alliance to immediately suspend its campaign.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aliança suspende campanha. Santana Lopes e Paulo Sande sofrem acidente de carro|url=https://eco.sapo.pt/2019/05/15/alianca-suspende-campanha-santana-lopes-e-paulo-sande-sofrem-acidente-de-carro/|website=eco.sapo.pt|publisher=Eco|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> Paulo Sande, who suffered only minor injuries, was discharged from the hospital a few hours later, while Santana Lopes spent the night in observation, being discharged on the next day after several exams revealed no significant lesions; he was, however, told by doctors to rest for some days in order to ensure a full recovery.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes já teve alta|url=https://www.dn.pt/poder/santana-lopes-bem-disposto-e-a-ser-reavaliado-10904417.html|website=dn.pt|publisher=Diário de Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> This meant that, with little more than a week to election, Paulo Sande was largely left to campaign for himself, although Santana appeared on a video three days before the election to urge people to vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=Na primeira aparição depois do acidente, numa mensagem em vídeo, Santana Lopes apelou ao voto|url=https://observador.pt/2019/05/23/na-primeira-aparicao-depois-do-acidente-santana-lopes-apelou-ao-voto/|website=dn.pt|publisher=Observador|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> The party obtained 1,86% of the vote and elected no MEPs.
Immediately after the official registration, the party started working on the campaign for the [[2019 European Parliament election in Portugal|2019 European Parliament election]]. Santana Lopes had already said, even before the party was registered, that he would not be running in the election, and that its top candidate would be announced in the near future.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes confirma: não será candidato às europeias|url=https://expresso.pt/politica/2018-08-19-Santana-Lopes-confirma-nao-sera-candidato-as-europeias|website=expresso.pt|publisher=Expresso|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> On 2 December 2018, the party formally announced Paulo de Almeida Sande, a professor of European affairs and advisor of the President [[Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa]], as its top candidate. While being generally considered to have a profound knowledge of European issues, Paulo Sande lacked recognition next to the general public, and relied heavily on Santana's personal popularity to engage with supporters and potential voters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sande é assessor de Marcelo e será cabeça de lista de Santana Lopes às europeias|url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/politica/detalhe/sande-e-assessor-de-marcelo-e-sera-cabeca-de-lista-de-santana-lopes-as-europeias|website=jornaldenegocios.pt|publisher=Jornal de Negócios|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> In March 2019, Santana Lopes said that the party's objective would be to elect at least one [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]], with three being a good result.<ref>{{cite web|title=Europeias: Santana Lopes diz que "boa vitória" será eleger três deputados|url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/politica/detalhe/europeias-santana-lopes-diz-que-boa-vitoria-sera-eleger-tres-deputados|website=jornaldenegocios.pt|publisher=Jornal de Negócios|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> Paulo Sande fared well in the televised debates, but the party suffered a heavy blow to its campaign on 15 May 2019, when Santana and Sande were involved in a car crash on the [[A1 motorway (Portugal)|A1 motorway]]. They were heading to a campaign rally in [[Cascais]] after an event in [[Coimbra]] when, between [[Soure, Portugal|Soure]] and [[Pombal, Portugal|Pombal]], Santana fell asleep and lost control of the vehicle, a [[Lexus GS]] rented in name of his law firm. The car slid slowly to the left, hitting the central reservation barrier and veering abruptly to the right, crashing out of the road and tumbling several times before coming to a standstill in an overturned position. No other vehicles were involved in the accident, but other drivers witnessed it and alerted the emergency services. Paulo Sande was able to get out of the wrecked car by his own means; he tried to help Santana but was unable to release him. Santana Lopes would only be removed from the wreckage by the emergency services, and was transported by helicopter to [[Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra|Coimbra hospital]], to where Sande was also taken on an ambulance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Europeias: Santana Lopes ficou encarcerado no carro após aparatoso acidente|url=https://www.dn.pt/pais/europeias-paulo-sande-e-santana-lopes-envolvidos-em-acidente-rodoviario-na-zona-de-leiria-10902164.html|website=dn.pt|publisher=Diário de Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> The accident was reported by several media outlets, which prompted Alliance to immediately suspend its campaign.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aliança suspende campanha. Santana Lopes e Paulo Sande sofrem acidente de carro|url=https://eco.sapo.pt/2019/05/15/alianca-suspende-campanha-santana-lopes-e-paulo-sande-sofrem-acidente-de-carro/|website=eco.sapo.pt|publisher=Eco|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> Paulo Sande suffered only minor injuries and was discharged from the hospital a few hours later, while Santana spent the night in observation, being discharged on the next day after several exams revealed no significant lesions; he was, however, told by doctors to rest for some days in order to ensure a full recovery.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes já teve alta|url=https://www.dn.pt/poder/santana-lopes-bem-disposto-e-a-ser-reavaliado-10904417.html|website=dn.pt|publisher=Diário de Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> This meant that, with little more than a week to the election day, Paulo Sande was largely left to campaign alone, although Santana appeared on a video three days before the election to urge people to vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=Na primeira aparição depois do acidente, numa mensagem em vídeo, Santana Lopes apelou ao voto|url=https://observador.pt/2019/05/23/na-primeira-aparicao-depois-do-acidente-santana-lopes-apelou-ao-voto/|website=dn.pt|publisher=Observador|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> The party obtained 1,86% of the vote and elected no MEPs.


Next on the schedule were the [[2019 Portuguese legislative election|2019 legislative elections]]. The party made a campaign of clear opposition to the [[XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal|incumbent government]] led by [[António Costa]]. Santana Lopes said that Alliance hoped to elect two to three MPs in Lisbon district, and eventually some more in Porto and Braga districts; he also stressed that his party would never support a government of the [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]] even in the event of a [[hung parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes: "Espero eleger em Lisboa dois ou três deputados"|url=https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/santana-lopes-espero-eleger-em-lisboa-dois-ou-tres-deputados-484439|website=jornaleconomico.sapo.pt|publisher=O Jornal Económico|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> Santana's predictions for the election were based at the party's results in the European elections. During a campaign event in [[Lisbon]], he told that Alliance obtained 3% in the district at the European elections, and that the same result would allow the party to elect two MPs in the legislatives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes otimista na eleição de dois deputados|url=https://www.tsf.pt/portugal/politica/pedro-santana-lopes-otimista-na-eleicao-de-dois-deputados--11335307.html|website=tsf.pt|publisher=TSF|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> This line of thought proved to be flawed as the party performed considerably worse, obtaining only 0,77% of the vote on national level and electing no MPs. Even on Lisbon district, where is easier for a small party to elect a MP, the party scored 1,27% of the vote, considerably lower than the 3% anticipated by Santana. On the election night, he admitted for the first time that he could relinquish party leadership.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana admite deixar liderança da Aliança |url=https://sicnoticias.pt/especiais/legislativas-2019/2019-10-06-Santana-admite-deixar-lideranca-da-Alianca|website=sicnoticias.pt|publisher=SIC Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref>
Next on the schedule were the [[2019 Portuguese legislative election|2019 legislative elections]]. The party made a campaign of clear opposition to the [[XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal|incumbent government]] led by [[António Costa]]. Santana Lopes said that Alliance hoped to elect two to three MPs in Lisbon district, and eventually some more in Porto and Braga districts; he also stressed that his party would never support a government of the [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]] even in the event of a [[hung parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes: "Espero eleger em Lisboa dois ou três deputados"|url=https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/santana-lopes-espero-eleger-em-lisboa-dois-ou-tres-deputados-484439|website=jornaleconomico.sapo.pt|publisher=O Jornal Económico|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> Santana's predictions for the election were based at the party's results in the European elections. During a campaign event in [[Lisbon]], he told that Alliance obtained 3% in the district at the European elections, and that the same result would allow the party to elect two MPs in the legislative vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes otimista na eleição de dois deputados|url=https://www.tsf.pt/portugal/politica/pedro-santana-lopes-otimista-na-eleicao-de-dois-deputados--11335307.html|website=tsf.pt|publisher=TSF|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> This line of thought proved to be flawed as the party performed considerably worse, obtaining only 0,77% of the vote on national level and electing no MPs. Even on Lisbon district, where is easier for a small party to elect a MP, the party scored 1,27% of the vote, considerably lower than the 3% anticipated by Santana. On the election night, he admitted for the first time that he could relinquish party leadership.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana admite deixar liderança da Aliança |url=https://sicnoticias.pt/especiais/legislativas-2019/2019-10-06-Santana-admite-deixar-lideranca-da-Alianca|website=sicnoticias.pt|publisher=SIC Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref>


Without further national elections in the near future, and with all the objectives unachieved, Santana Lopes suspended his executive functions as Alliance's leader on 15 May 2020, and announced a period of reorganisation of the party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana pediu dispensa de funções executivas no Aliança |url=https://sol.sapo.pt/artigo/696683/santana-pediu-dispensa-de-funcoes-executivas-no-alianca|website=sol.sapo.pt|publisher=Nascer do Sol|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> On 28 August 2020, it was announced that he would not seek re-election as party leader at the next congress,<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes abandona liderança da Aliança|url=https://www.jn.pt/nacional/santana-lopes-abandona-lideranca-da-alianca-12561299.html|website=jn.pt|publisher=Jornal de Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> where he was succeeded by Paulo Bento.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paulo Bento substitui Santana Lopes à frente da Aliança |url=https://www.publico.pt/2020/09/27/politica/noticia/paulo-bento-substitui-santana-lopes-frente-alianca-1933070|website=publico.pt|publisher=Público|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> On 25 January 2021, Alliance announced that Santana Lopes had sent a request for his party membership to be terminated. He considered that Alliance could only have a future without him, citing the fact that many people still link him to the [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|Social Democratic Party]] as the main reason.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes deixa Aliança, partido que fundou em 2018|url=https://www.publico.pt/2021/01/25/politica/noticia/santana-lopes-deixa-alianca-partido-fundou-2018-1947768|website=publico.pt|publisher=Público|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref>
Without further national elections in the near future, and with all the objectives unachieved, Santana Lopes suspended his executive functions as Alliance's leader on 15 May 2020, and announced a period of reorganisation of the party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana pediu dispensa de funções executivas no Aliança |url=https://sol.sapo.pt/artigo/696683/santana-pediu-dispensa-de-funcoes-executivas-no-alianca|website=sol.sapo.pt|publisher=Nascer do Sol|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> On 28 August 2020, it was announced that he would not seek re-election as party leader at the next congress,<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes abandona liderança da Aliança|url=https://www.jn.pt/nacional/santana-lopes-abandona-lideranca-da-alianca-12561299.html|website=jn.pt|publisher=Jornal de Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> where he was succeeded by Paulo Bento.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paulo Bento substitui Santana Lopes à frente da Aliança |url=https://www.publico.pt/2020/09/27/politica/noticia/paulo-bento-substitui-santana-lopes-frente-alianca-1933070|website=publico.pt|publisher=Público|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> On 25 January 2021, Alliance announced that Santana Lopes had sent a request for his party membership to be terminated. He considered that Alliance could only have a future without him, citing the fact that many people still link him to the [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|Social Democratic Party]] as the main reason.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes deixa Aliança, partido que fundou em 2018|url=https://www.publico.pt/2021/01/25/politica/noticia/santana-lopes-deixa-alianca-partido-fundou-2018-1947768|website=publico.pt|publisher=Público|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref>
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==Independent politician and return to Figueira da Foz==


After Santana's announcement that he was leaving Alliance leadership, rumours started circulating that he could be preparing a return to the Social Democratic Party. In October 2020, at least one media outlet reported that its leader, Rui Rio, wanted Santana Lopes to be the party candidate for mayor of [[Sintra]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Rio quer Santana candidato a Sintra|url=https://sol.sapo.pt/artigo/713639/rio-quer-santana-candidato-a-sintra|website=sol.sapo.pt|publisher=Nascer do Sol|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> in March 2021, it was reported that he had declined to be the party candidate for mayor of [[Torres Vedras]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nove combates autárquicos. Santana recusou liderar lista do PSD em Torres Vedras|url=https://www.dn.pt/edicao-do-dia/15-mar-2021/nove-combates-autarquicos-santana-na-calha-para-liderar-lista-do-psd-em-torres-vedras-13456809.html|website=dn.pt|publisher=Diário de Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> His return to the Social Democratic Party was ruled out when it became known, in late March 2021, that he would seek to create a citizen's group in order to run for mayor of Figueira da Foz, a position he held between 1998 and 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=Autárquicas: Pedro Santana Lopes avança para a Figueira da Foz|url=https://www.jornalterrasdesico.pt/2021/03/autarquicas-pedro-santana-lopes-avanca-para-a-figueira-da-foz/|website=jornalterrasdesico.pt|publisher=Terras de Sicó|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> His candidacy, leading a list called Figueira The First ({{lang-pt|Figueira a Primeira}}), was confirmed in May<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes é candidato à Câmara Municipal da Figueira da Foz|url=http://www.fozaominuto.com/2021/05/santana-lopes-e-candidato-camara.html|website=fozaominuto.com|publisher=Foz ao Minuto|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> and generated significant interest, with opinion polls giving him real chances of winning. The candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Pedro Machado, launched on 10 August a legal action to invalidate Santana's candidacy due to alleged irregularities in its submission,<ref>{{cite web|title=PSD impugna em tribunal candidatura de Santana Lopes à Figueira da Foz|url=https://www.dn.pt/politica/psd-impugna-em-tribunal-candidatura-de-santana-a-figueira-da-foz-14022757.html|website=dn.pt|publisher=Diário de Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PSD pede impugnação da candidatura de Pedro Santana Lopes à Câmara da Figueira da Foz|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/psd-pede-impugnacao-da-candidatura-de-pedro-santana-lopes-a-camara-da-figueira-da-foz_v1341380|website=rtp.pt|publisher=RTP|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> which was rejected by the local court three days later.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tribunal rejeita argumentos do PSD para impugnar candidatura de Santana Lopes|url=https://www.tsf.pt/portugal/politica/tribunal-da-razao-ao-psd-santana-lopes-tem-de-mudar-nome-da-candidatura-a-figueira-da-foz-14031623.html|website=tsf.pt|publisher=TSF|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tribunal recusa impugnar candidatura de Santana Lopes na Figueira da Foz|url=https://www.jn.pt/local/noticias/coimbra/figueira-da-foz/tribunal-recusa-impugnar-candidatura-de-santana-lopes-na-figueira-da-foz-14031980.html|website=jn.pt|publisher=Jornal de Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref>
After Santana's announcement that he was leaving Alliance leadership, rumours started circulating that he could be preparing a return to the Social Democratic Party. In October 2020, at least one media outlet reported that its leader, Rui Rio, wanted Santana Lopes to be the party candidate for mayor of [[Sintra]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Rio quer Santana candidato a Sintra|url=https://sol.sapo.pt/artigo/713639/rio-quer-santana-candidato-a-sintra|website=sol.sapo.pt|publisher=Nascer do Sol|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> in March 2021, it was reported that he had declined to be the party candidate for mayor of [[Torres Vedras]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nove combates autárquicos. Santana recusou liderar lista do PSD em Torres Vedras|url=https://www.dn.pt/edicao-do-dia/15-mar-2021/nove-combates-autarquicos-santana-na-calha-para-liderar-lista-do-psd-em-torres-vedras-13456809.html|website=dn.pt|publisher=Diário de Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> His return to the Social Democratic Party was ruled out when it became known, in late March 2021, that he was seeking to create a citizen's group in order to run for mayor of Figueira da Foz, a position he held between 1998 and 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Autárquicas: Pedro Santana Lopes avança para a Figueira da Foz|url=https://www.jornalterrasdesico.pt/2021/03/autarquicas-pedro-santana-lopes-avanca-para-a-figueira-da-foz/|website=jornalterrasdesico.pt|publisher=Terras de Sicó|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> His candidacy, leading a list called Figueira The First ({{lang-pt|Figueira a Primeira}}), was confirmed in May<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes é candidato à Câmara Municipal da Figueira da Foz|url=http://www.fozaominuto.com/2021/05/santana-lopes-e-candidato-camara.html|website=fozaominuto.com|publisher=Foz ao Minuto|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> and generated significant interest, with opinion polls giving him real chances of winning. The candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Pedro Machado, launched on 10 August a legal action to invalidate Santana's candidacy due to alleged irregularities in its submission,<ref>{{cite web|title=PSD impugna em tribunal candidatura de Santana Lopes à Figueira da Foz|url=https://www.dn.pt/politica/psd-impugna-em-tribunal-candidatura-de-santana-a-figueira-da-foz-14022757.html|website=dn.pt|publisher=Diário de Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PSD pede impugnação da candidatura de Pedro Santana Lopes à Câmara da Figueira da Foz|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/psd-pede-impugnacao-da-candidatura-de-pedro-santana-lopes-a-camara-da-figueira-da-foz_v1341380|website=rtp.pt|publisher=RTP|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref> which was rejected by the local court three days later.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tribunal rejeita argumentos do PSD para impugnar candidatura de Santana Lopes|url=https://www.tsf.pt/portugal/politica/tribunal-da-razao-ao-psd-santana-lopes-tem-de-mudar-nome-da-candidatura-a-figueira-da-foz-14031623.html|website=tsf.pt|publisher=TSF|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tribunal recusa impugnar candidatura de Santana Lopes na Figueira da Foz|url=https://www.jn.pt/local/noticias/coimbra/figueira-da-foz/tribunal-recusa-impugnar-candidatura-de-santana-lopes-na-figueira-da-foz-14031980.html|website=jn.pt|publisher=Jornal de Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref>


Figueira a Primeira would effectively become the winner, obtaining 40,39% and four councillors, against 38,39% for the Socialist Party, also with four councillors. The Social Democratic Party scored 10,83%, electing only one councillor. Under Portuguese law, the top candidate of the most voted list automatically becomes the mayor, but Santana will have to negotiate with other political groups in order to implement his agenda, since he didn't win a majority. He nevertheless considered the result "an extraordinary feat".<ref>{{cite web|title=Pedro Santana Lopes reage a "vitória extraordinária" na Figueira da Foz|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/pedro-santana-lopes-reage-a-vitoria-extraordinaria-na-figueira-da-foz_a1351395|website=rtp.pt|publisher=RTP|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title="Proeza sem igual". Santana Lopes canta vitória na Figueira da Foz|url=https://www.jn.pt/nacional/proeza-sem-igual-santana-lopes-canta-vitoria-na-figueira-da-foz-14162212.html|website=jn.pt|publisher=Jornal de Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref>
Figueira a Primeira would effectively become the winner, obtaining 40,39% and four councillors, against 38,39% for the Socialist Party, also with four councillors. The Social Democratic Party scored 10,83%, electing only one councillor. Under Portuguese law, the top candidate of the most voted list automatically becomes the mayor, but Santana will have to negotiate with other political groups in order to implement his agenda, since he didn't won a majority. He nevertheless considered the result "an extraordinary accomplishment".<ref>{{cite web|title=Pedro Santana Lopes reage a "vitória extraordinária" na Figueira da Foz|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/pedro-santana-lopes-reage-a-vitoria-extraordinaria-na-figueira-da-foz_a1351395|website=rtp.pt|publisher=RTP|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title="Proeza sem igual". Santana Lopes canta vitória na Figueira da Foz|url=https://www.jn.pt/nacional/proeza-sem-igual-santana-lopes-canta-vitoria-na-figueira-da-foz-14162212.html|website=jn.pt|publisher=Jornal de Notícias|access-date=3 October 2021|language=pt}}</ref>

Santana Lopes took office as mayor of Figueira da Foz on 17 October 2021. On his inauguration speech, he announced to have reached a deal with the [[University of Coimbra]] to build a campus on Figueira da Foz, dedicated to marine economy and sciences.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes anuncia polo da Universidade de Coimbra para breve|url=https://www.asbeiras.pt/2021/10/santana-lopes-anuncia-polo-da-universidade-de-coimbra-para-breve|website=asbeiras.pt|publisher=Diário As Beiras|access-date=24 October 2023|language=pt}}</ref> The campus opened on 20 December 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Campus universitário da Figueira da Foz abre com curso sobre turismo costeiro|url=https://www.asbeiras.pt/2023/02/campus-universitario-da-figueira-da-foz-abre-com-curso-sobre-turismo-costeiro|website=asbeiras.pt|publisher=Diário As Beiras|access-date=24 October 2023|language=pt}}</ref>

On 20 April 2023, and without explicitly assuming a candidacy, Santana Lopes entertained the possibility of being a candidate for [[President of Portugal]] on the [[2026 Portuguese presidential election|next]] election, saying that he saw no one better qualified than himself.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana candidato à Presidência? “Não vejo ninguém com melhor currículo do que eu"|url=https://www.publico.pt/2023/04/20/politica/noticia/santana-candidato-presidencia-nao-vejo-ninguem-melhor-curriculo-2046777|website=publico.pt|publisher=Público|access-date=24 October 2023|language=pt}}</ref> However, he placed himself definitely out of the race on 19 October 2023, few days after the outbreak of the [[Israel–Hamas war]], citing the current state of world affairs as the main reason.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana afasta-se da corrida a Belém: "Nunca disse que era candidato"|url=https://www.dn.pt/politica/santana-afasta-se-da-corrida-a-belem-nunca-disse-que-era-candidato-17192732.html|website=dn.pt|publisher=Diário de Notícias|access-date=24 October 2023|language=pt}}</ref>

On 21 January 2024, Pedro Santana Lopes attended a convention of the [[Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 2024)|Democratic Alliance]], a coalition led by the Social Democratic Party in order to contest the [[2024 Portuguese legislative election|2024 legislative election]]. He made a speech praising [[Luís Montenegro]], who reportedly felt moved while listening it.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santana Lopes junta-se de surpresa à convenção da AD|url=https://www.jn.pt/4014929650/santana-lopes-junta-se-de-surpresa-a-convencao-da-ad|website=jn.pt|publisher=Jornal de Notícias|access-date=23 January 2023|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Luís Montenegro emociona-se com discurso de Santana Lopes durante convenção da AD|url=https://sicnoticias.pt/pais/2024-01-22-Luis-Montenegro-emociona-se-com-discurso-de-Santana-Lopes-durante-convencao-da-AD-70333cb0|website=sicnoticias.pt|publisher=SIC Notícias|access-date=23 January 2023|language=pt}}</ref> Since Santana formally remains an independent, his presence in the event again fuels speculation about his possible return to his former party.


==Outside politics==
==Outside politics==


After resigning as secretary of state of culture, Santana Lopes successfully ran for [[List of Sporting Clube de Portugal presidents|president]] of [[Sporting CP]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporting.pt/English/Club/club_presidents.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717124636/http://www.sporting.pt/English/Club/club_presidents.asp |archive-date=17 July 2009 |title=Sporting Clube de Portugal}}</ref> Despite being in office for less than a year, the club won the [[1994–95 Taça de Portugal|1994–1995]] [[Taça de Portugal]] in [[Association football|football]] under his leadership.
After resigning as Secretary of State for Culture, Santana Lopes successfully ran for [[List of Sporting Clube de Portugal presidents|president]] of [[Sporting CP]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporting.pt/English/Club/club_presidents.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717124636/http://www.sporting.pt/English/Club/club_presidents.asp |archive-date=17 July 2009 |title=Sporting Clube de Portugal}}</ref> Despite being in office for less than a year, the club won the [[1994–95 Taça de Portugal|1994–1995]] [[Taça de Portugal]] in [[Association football|football]] under his leadership.


==Electoral history==
==Electoral history==
===European Parliament election, 1987===
{{Main|1987 European Parliament election in Portugal}}
{{election table|title=Ballot: 19 July 1987}}
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|[[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD]]
| align=left |'''Pedro Santana Lopes''' || 2,111,828 || 37.5 || '''10'''
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|[[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]
| align=left |[[Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo]] || 1,267,672 || 22.5 || '''6'''
|-
| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|
| align="left"| [[CDS – People's Party|CDS]]
| align=left |[[Francisco Lucas Pires|Lucas Pires]] || 868,718 || 15.4 || '''4'''
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|
| align="left"| [[Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU]]
| align=left |[[Ângelo Veloso]] || 648,700 || 11.5 || '''3'''
|-
| style="background:green;"|
| align="left"| [[Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal)|PRD]]
| align=left |[[José Medeiros Ferreira|Medeiros Ferreira]] || 250,158 || 4.4 || '''1'''
|-
| style="background:{{party color|People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"| [[People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)|PPM]]
| align=left |[[Miguel Esteves Cardoso]] || 155,990 || 2.8 || '''0'''
|-
| style="background:white;"|
| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties
| 193,869 || 3.4 || '''0'''
|-
| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots
| 142,715 || 2.5 || –
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan="3" align="left"| '''Turnout'''
| '''5,639,650''' || '''72.42''' || '''24'''
|-
| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_pe_1987.pdf |title=Mapa Oficial |work=Diário da República |access-date=5 August 2024}}</ref>
|}


===Municipal elections for Lisbon, 2001===
===PSD leadership election, 1995===
{{election table|title=Ballot: 19 February 1995}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="4"|Ballot: 16 December 2001
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
|-
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
! colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate
| align=left | [[Fernando Nogueira]]
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
| align=right | 532
! style="width: 50px"|%
| align=right | 51.6
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#FF8000|
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | [[José Manuel Durão Barroso]]
| {{center| '''PPD-PSD/PPM'''}}
| align=right | 499
| {{center| 131,135}}
| {{center| 41.98}}
| align=right | 48.4
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#FF6666|
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | '''Pedro Santana Lopes'''
| {{center| PS/PCP/PEV}}
| {{center| 130,279}}
| colspan="2" align=center| withdrew
| {{center| 41.7}}
|-
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
|bgcolor=#0080FF|
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | '''Turnout'''
| {{center| CDS-PP}}
| align=right | '''1,031'''
| {{center| 23,584}}
| {{center| 7.55}}
| align=center |
|-
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Resultados<ref>[https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/xvii-congresso-do-psd/ "XVII Congresso do PSD"], ''RTP'', 19 February 1995. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.publico.pt/2012/03/23/jornal/os-congressos-quentes-do-psd-no-poder-24238345 "Os congressos quentes do PSD no poder "], ''Público'', 23 March 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref>
|bgcolor=#8A0808|
|}
| {{center| BE}}

| {{center| 11877}}
===Figueira da Foz City Council election, 1997===
| {{center| 3.8}}
{{election table|title=Ballot: 14 December 1997}}
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
|bgcolor=#FE2E2E|
! Candidate
| {{center| PCTP-MRPP}}
! align="center" style="width: 50px"| Votes
| {{center| 2419}}
| {{center| 0.77}}
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−
|-
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|
|bgcolor=#B43104|
| align="left"|[[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD]]
| {{center| PH}}
| align=left |'''Pedro Santana Lopes''' || 22,133 || 59.9 || '''6''' || style="color:green;"| +2
| {{center| 1352}}
| {{center| 0.43}}
|-
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|
|bgcolor=#0B6121|
| align="left"|[[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]
| {{center| MPT}}
| align=left | [[Carlos Beja]] || 11,227 || 30.5 || '''3''' || style="color:red;"| –2
| {{center| 1347}}
| {{center| 0.43}}
|-
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|
|bgcolor=#0B0B61|
| align="left"| [[Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU]]
| {{center| PNR}}
| align=left |– || 1,580 || 4.3 || '''0''' || ±0
| {{center| 652}}
| {{center| 0.21}}
|-
|-
| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|
|bgcolor=white|
| align="left"| [[CDS – People's Party|CDS–PP]]
| {{center| Blank Ballots}}
| align=left |– || 523 || 1.4 || '''0''' || ±0
| {{center| 5902}}
| {{center| 1.89}}
|-
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat}};"|
|bgcolor=white|
| align="left"| [[Portuguese Workers' Communist Party|PCTP/MRPP]]
| {{center| Invalid Ballots}}
| align=left |– || 204 || 0.6 || '''0''' || ±0
| {{center| 3844}}
| {{center| 1.23}}
|-
|-
| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots
| 1,248 || 3.4 || – || –
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | '''Turnout'''
| colspan="3" align="left"| '''Turnout'''
| {{center| '''45,444'''}}
| '''36,965''' || '''65.45''' || '''9''' || '''±0'''
| {{center| '''58.95'''}}
|-
|-
| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Autárquicas 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_al_1997_0.pdf |title=Diário da República Mapa Oficial |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |date=2 March 1998|access-date=4 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/autarquicas-1997-campanha-na-figueira-da-foz/ |title=Autárquicas 1997: Campanha na Figueira da Foz |work=RTP |date=3 December 1997|access-date=4 August 2024}}</ref>
|}
|}


===PSD leadership election, 2000===
* <small> (Source: [http://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/autarquicas2001/D110000/C110600/110600_CM.html]) </small>
{{election table|title=Ballot: 27 February 2000}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | [[José Manuel Durão Barroso]]
| align=right | 469
| align=right | 50.3
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | '''Pedro Santana Lopes'''
| align=right | 313
| align=right | 33.6
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | [[Luís Marques Mendes]]
| align=right | 150
| align=right | 16.1
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | '''Turnout'''
| align=right | '''932'''
| align=center |
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Congresso PSD<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.publico.pt/2000/02/28/jornal/um-partido-tripartido-140580 |title=Um Partido Tripartido |work=Público |date=28 February 2000|access-date=5 August 2024}}</ref>
|}

===Lisbon City Council election, 2001===
{{election table|title=Ballot: 16 December 2001}}
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Candidate
! align="center" style="width: 50px"| Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|[[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD]]/[[People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)|PPM]]
| align=left |'''Pedro Santana Lopes''' || 131,094 || 42.1 || '''8''' || style="color:green;"| +1
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|[[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]/[[Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU]]
| align=left | [[João Soares (politician)|João Soares]] || 129,368 || 41.5 || '''8''' || style="color:red;"| –2
|-
| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|
| align="left"| [[CDS – People's Party|CDS–PP]]
| align=left |[[Paulo Portas]] || 23,637 || 7.6 || '''1''' || ±0
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"| [[Left Bloc (Portugal)|BE]]
| align=left |[[Miguel Portas]] || 11,899 || 3.8 || '''0''' || ''new''
|-
| style="background:white;"|
| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties
| 5,766 || 1.9 || '''0''' || ±0
|-
| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots
| 9,718 || 3.1 || – || –
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan="3" align="left"| '''Turnout'''
| '''311,482''' || '''54.83''' || '''17''' || '''±0'''
|-
| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Autárquicas 2001<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_al_2001.pdf |title=Diário da República Mapa Oficial |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |date=27 March 2002|access-date=4 August 2024}}</ref>
|}

===PSD leadership election, 2004===
{{election table|title=Ballot: 1 July 2004}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}|
| align=left | [[Pedro Santana Lopes]]
| align=right | 98
| align=right | 97.0
|-
| colspan=2 align=left | Against
| align=right | 3
| align=right | 3.0
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | '''Turnout'''
| align=right | '''101'''
| align=center |
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Resultados<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/media/tdt/detalhe/santana_lopes_eleito_presidente_do_psd_promete_continuar_projecto_do_governo |title=Santana Lopes eleito Presidente do PSD promete continuar projecto de governo |work=Jornal de Negócios |date=2 July 2004|access-date=4 August 2024}}</ref>
|}

===Legislative election, 2005===
{{Main|2005 Portuguese legislative election}}
{{election table|title=Ballot: 20 February 2005}}
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|[[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]
| align=left |[[José Sócrates]] || 2,588,312 || 45.0 || '''121''' || style="color:green;"| +25
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|[[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD]]
| align=left |'''Pedro Santana Lopes''' || 1,653,425 || 28.8 || '''75''' || style="color:red;"| –30
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|
| align="left"| [[Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU]]
| align=left |[[Jerónimo de Sousa]] || 433,369 || 7.5 || '''14''' || style="color:green;"| +2
|-
| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|
| align="left"| [[CDS – People's Party|CDS–PP]]
| align=left |[[Paulo Portas]] || 416,415 || 7.3 || '''12''' || style="color:red;"| –2
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"| [[Left Bloc (Portugal)|BE]]
| align=left |[[Francisco Louçã]] || 364,971 || 6.4 || '''8''' || style="color:green;"| +5
|-
| style="background:white;"|
| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties
| 122,127 || 2.1 || '''0''' || ±0
|-
| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots
| 169,052 || 2.9 || – || –
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan="3" align="left"| '''Turnout'''
| '''5,747,834''' || '''64.26''' || '''230''' || '''±0'''
|-
| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_ar_2005_rectificacao.pdf |title=Resultados AR 2005 Rectificação |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |access-date=5 August 2024}}</ref>
|}

===PSD leadership election, 2008===
{{main|2008 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election}}
{{election table|title=Ballot: 31 May 2008}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | [[Manuela Ferreira Leite]]
| align=right | 17,278
| align=right | 37.9
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | [[Pedro Passos Coelho]]
| align=right | 14,160
| align=right | 31.1
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | '''Pedro Santana Lopes'''
| align=right | 13,495
| align=right | 29.6
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | [[Patinha Antão]]
| align=right | 308
| align=right | 0.7
|-
| colspan=2 align=left | Blank/Invalid ballots
| align=right | 351
| align=right | 0.8
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | '''Turnout'''
| align=right| '''45,592'''
| align=right | '''59.13'''
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Resultados<ref>{{citation | title = Congressos e Eleições Diretas PPD/PSD | url= https://www.psd.pt/pt/congressos-e-eleicoes-diretas| publisher = [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|Social Democratic Party]] | access-date = 10 October 2022}}</ref>
|}

===Lisbon City Council election, 2009===
{{Main|2009 Lisbon local election}}
{{election table|title=Ballot: 11 October 2009}}
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Candidate
! align="center" style="width: 50px"| Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|[[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]
| align=left |[[António Costa]] || 123,372 || 44.0 || '''9''' || style="color:green;"| +3
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 2024)}};"|
| align="left"|[[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD]]/[[People's Party (Portugal)|CDS–PP]]/[[Earth Party|MPT]]/[[People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)|PPM]]
| align=left |'''Pedro Santana Lopes''' || 108,457 || 38.7 || '''7''' || style="color:green;"| +4
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|
| align="left"| [[Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU]]
| align=left |[[Ruben de Carvalho]] || 22,623 || 8.1 || '''1''' || style="color:red;"| –1
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"| [[Left Bloc (Portugal)|BE]]
| align=left |[[Luís Fazenda]] || 12,795 || 4.6 || '''0''' || style="color:red;"| –1
|-
| style="background:white;"|
| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties
| 5,911 || 2.1 || '''0''' || ±0
|-
| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots
| 7,152 || 2.5 || – || –
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan="3" align="left"| '''Turnout'''
| '''280,310''' || '''53.43''' || '''17''' || '''±0'''
|-
| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Autárquicas 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/autarquicas2009/#%00 |title=Autárquicas 2009 |work=SGMAI |access-date=5 August 2024}}</ref>
|}

===PSD leadership election, 2018===
{{main|2018 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election}}
{{election table|title=Ballot: 13 January 2018}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | [[Rui Rio]]
| align=right | 22,728
| align=right | 54.2
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | '''Pedro Santana Lopes'''
| align=right | 19,244
| align=right | 45.8
|-
| colspan=2 align=left | Blank/Invalid ballots
| align=right | 683
| align=right | –
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | '''Turnout'''
| align=right | '''42,655'''
| align=right | '''60.34'''
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Resultados<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.psd.pt/pt/congressos-e-eleicoes-diretas |title=PSD Congressos e eleições directas |work=PSD |access-date=5 August 2024}}</ref>
|}

===Legislative election, 2019===
{{Main|2019 Portuguese legislative election}}
{{election table|title=Ballot: 6 October 2019}}
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|[[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]
| align=left |[[António Costa]] || 1,903,687 || 36.3 || '''108''' || style="color:green;"| +22
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|[[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD]]
| align=left |[[Rui Rio]] || 1,454,283 || 27.8 || '''79''' || style="color:red;"| –10
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"| [[Left Bloc (Portugal)|BE]]
| align=left |[[Catarina Martins]] || 498,549 || 9.5 || '''19''' || ±0
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|
| align="left"| [[Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU]]
| align=left |[[Jerónimo de Sousa]] || 332,018 || 6.3 || '''12''' || style="color:red;"| –5
|-
| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|
| align="left"| [[CDS – People's Party|CDS–PP]]
| align=left |[[Assunção Cristas]] || 221,094 || 4.2 || '''5''' || style="color:red;"| –13
|-
| style="background:teal;"|
| align="left"| [[People-Animals-Nature|PAN]]
| align=left |[[André Lourenço e Silva|André Silva]] || 173,931 || 3.3 || '''4''' || style="color:green;"| +3
|-
| style="background:#202056;"|
| align="left"| [[Chega (political party)|Chega]]
| align=left |[[André Ventura]] || 67,502 || 1.3 || '''1''' || ''new''
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Initiative}};"|
| align="left"| [[Liberal Initiative|IL]]
| align=left |[[Carlos Guimarães Pinto]] || 67,443 || 1.3 || '''1''' || ''new''
|-
| style="background:{{party color|LIVRE}};"|
| align="left"| [[LIVRE|Livre]]
| align=left |''Collective leadership'' || 56,940 || 1.1 || '''1''' || style="color:green;"| +1
|-
| style="background:#6AD1E3;"|
| align="left"| [[Alliance (Portugal)|Alliance]]
| align=left |'''Pedro Santana Lopes''' || 40,175 || 0.8 || '''0''' || ''new''
|-
| style="background:white;"|
| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties
| 166,987 || 3.2 || '''0''' || ±0
|-
| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots
| 254,875 || 4.9 || – || –
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan="3" align="left"| '''Turnout'''
| '''5,237,484''' || '''48.60''' || '''230''' || '''±0'''
|-
| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/2019ar_mapa_oficial_resultados.pdf |title=Mapa Oficial Resultados Legislativas 2019 |work=CNE |access-date=5 August 2024}}</ref>
|}

===Figueira da Foz City Council election, 2021===
{{election table|title=Ballot: 26 September 2021}}
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Candidate
! align="center" style="width: 50px"| Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|
| align="left"|[[Independent (politician)|Ind.]]
| align=left |'''Pedro Santana Lopes''' || 12,528 || 40.4 || '''4''' || ''new''
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|[[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]
| align=left | [[Carlos Monteiro (politician)|Carlos Monteiro]] || 11,909 || 38.4 || '''4''' || style="color:red;"| –2
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"|[[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD]]
| align=left |[[Pedro Machado (politician)|Pedro Machado]] || 3,358 || 10.8 || '''1''' || style="color:red;"| –2
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|
| align="left"| [[Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU]]
| align=left |[[Bernardo dos Reis]] || 831 || 2.7 || '''0''' || ±0
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|
| align="left"| [[Left Bloc (Portugal)|BE]]
| align=left |[[Rui Miguel da Silva]] || 637 || 2.1 || '''0''' || ±0
|-
| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|
| align="left"| [[CDS – People's Party|CDS–PP]]
| align=left |[[Miguel Chaves (politician)|Miguel Chaves]] || 361 || 1.2 || '''0''' || ±0
|-
| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots
| 1,395 || 4.5 || – || –
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan="3" align="left"| '''Turnout'''
| '''31,019''' || '''56.48''' || '''9''' || '''±0'''
|-
| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Autárquicas 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marktest.com/wap/a/p/conc~60500/id~d0.aspx |title=Histórico de resultados Eleitorais |work=Marktest |access-date=5 August 2024}}</ref>
|}


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Pedro Santana Lopes
Santana Lopes in 2005
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
17 July 2004 – 12 March 2005
PresidentJorge Sampaio
Preceded byJosé Manuel Barroso
Succeeded byJosé Sócrates
Mayor of Figueira da Foz
Assumed office
17 October 2021
Preceded byCarlos Monteiro
In office
14 December 1998 – 16 December 2001
Preceded byAguiar de Carvalho
Succeeded byAntónio Duarte Silva
Chair of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
In office
14 September 2011 – 20 October 2017
Preceded byRui Cunha
Succeeded byEdmundo Martinho
Mayor of Lisbon
In office
14 March 2005 – 28 October 2005
Preceded byCarmona Rodrigues
Succeeded byCarmona Rodrigues
In office
23 January 2002 – 17 July 2004
Preceded byJoão Soares
Succeeded byCarmona Rodrigues
President of the Social Democratic Party
In office
30 June 2004 – 10 April 2005
Secretary-GeneralMiguel Relvas
Preceded byJosé Manuel Barroso
Succeeded byLuís Marques Mendes
Secretary of State for Culture
In office
9 January 1990 – 30 December 1994
Prime MinisterAníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded byTeresa Gouveia
Succeeded byManuel Frexes
Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
In office
6 November 1985 – 17 August 1987
Prime MinisterAníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded byAlfredo Barroso
Succeeded byLuís Marques Mendes
President of Sporting CP
In office
2 June 1995 – 11 April 1996
Preceded bySousa Cintra
Succeeded byJosé Roquette
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
29 October 2005 – 14 October 2009
ConstituencyLisbon
In office
17 December 2001 – 22 January 2002
ConstituencyLisbon
In office
5 October 1980 – 30 September 1995
ConstituencyLisbon
Member of the European Parliament
In office
14 September 1987 – 24 July 1989
ConstituencyPortugal
Personal details
Born (1956-06-29) 29 June 1956 (age 68)
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partyIndependent (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations
Social Democratic (1976–2018)
Alliance (2018–2021)
Spouse(s)
Maria Isabel Marques Dias
(m. 1979, divorced)

Maria Teresa de Arriaga
(m. 1983, divorced)
Children5
RelativesKaúlza de Arriaga (former father-in-law)
Manuela Ferreira Leite (cousin)
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon
Signature

Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes GCC (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾu sɐ̃ˈtɐnɐ ˈlɔpɨʃ]; born 29 June 1956) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, who is the current Mayor of Figueira da Foz. He most notably served as prime minister of Portugal from 2004 to 2005.

Background and early life

Pedro Santana Lopes was born in Campo Grande, Lisbon, to Aníbal Luís Lopes (b. Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 17 February 1933), a company administrator whose maternal grandfather's maternal grandfather was a relative of João Brandão,[1] and wife (m. Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 27 February 1954) Maria Ivone Risques Pereira de Santana (Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 3 May 1931 – Lisbon, 23 March 1999), a half-great-great-great-niece of the 2nd Baron of Brissos.

He graduated as a Licentiate in law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, where he was the leader of the Student Union, becoming a lawyer.

Political career

He joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in 1976. There he started his career as a deputy to the Assembly of the Republic.

In 1979, he became a legal advisor to Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro, and has identified himself as a follower of his for all his political life.

In 1986, he became the assistant state secretary to Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva, an office he left the next year to lead to PSD list to the European Parliament, where he remained for two years of his five-year-term.

In 1990, Cavaco Silva appointed him to the government post of Secretary of State for Culture. He left the office in 1994, in disagreement with Cavaco, and returned to law practice. In the 1997 local elections, he ran successfully to become mayor of Figueira da Foz. He decided not to seek a second term there, and instead ran for mayor of Lisbon in the 2001 local elections, defeating the incumbent João Soares and becoming one of the biggest surprises of the electoral night.

Prime minister

When José Manuel Durão Barroso resigned in July 2004 to take up the presidency of the European Commission, Santana Lopes became the president of PSD. At the time, his party had a coalition government with the CDS - People's Party, which held a parliamentary majority, and therefore he was nominated prime minister of the XVI Constitutional Government. His term as mayor of Lisbon was automatically suspended, with his deputy Carmona Rodrigues taking over his duties.

The leadership of Santana Lopes was marked by a number of inherited economic and political problems. When his party took power, after the 2002 legislative elections, the country's economy was in a poor state, with a rising government-spending deficit, partially because of policies focused on public expenditure by the previous governments (led by António Guterres of the Socialist Party) and the early 2000s recession. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, "Portugal became the first country to breach the EU's 'excessive deficit' rule with a budget deficit of 4.4% of GDP in 2001, well above the 3% of GDP ceiling set by the EU's Stability and Growth Pact."[2] The situation inherited by Santana Lopes was a little better, as the previous government led by Barroso had been able to comply with European Union directives regarding the deficit by selling state assets.

Santana Lopes himself failed to gain a reputation as a competent prime minister.[citation needed] His unusual rise to power, as Barroso's successor rather than by election, contributed to these difficulties, despite his nomination being entirely constitutional.

The short career of Santana Lopes as prime minister began with some members of government being shuffled between departments on the same afternoon as the government was being inaugurated. His minister of Defence Paulo Portas looked surprised during the ceremony when he was announced as the Minister for National Defence and Sea Affairs. Portas' look of surprise when the name of his office was announced was broadcast live on television.

Santana Lopes' period in office was also marked by chaos in the allocation of teachers to schools[citation needed] (more than a month after classes officially started, and resulting from alleged incompetence of the IT provider (designated during the previous Government); the problem was swiftly solved by another small provider), and by claims of pressure exerted on the press, including arranging for the replacement of the information director of the public television channel RTP, and pressing private television channel TVI to tone down the criticism of him by a political commentator, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa,[citation needed] a former leader of his own party, who consequently left the channel.

Santana Lopes' demise as head of government was sealed on 30 November 2004 when President Jorge Sampaio, a member of the opposing party, announced that he was calling an early Parliament election for February 2005, from which a new government would be formed, after Henrique Chaves, a Santana loyalist, resigned after four days as Minister for Sport, claiming that he lacked "loyalty and truth".[1]

Santana Lopes formally tendered his resignation on 11 December, and his government assumed just a caretaker role until the election. He went on to be defeated in the 2005 legislative elections which was won by the Socialist Party led by José Sócrates. Santana resigned as party leader two days later, although he still briefly assumed the informal position of leader of the opposition, until the election of Luís Marques Mendes as new party leader.

Subsequent career and activities

Despite his defeat in the 2005 legislative elections, Santana Lopes retained his seat at the Assembly of the Republic. He would also resume his functions as mayor of Lisbon, which had been suspended since he took office as prime minister. However, he decided not to seek another term on the 2005 local elections, being succeeded by his deputy, Carmona Rodrigues, who had also replaced him during his premiership. In October 2007, after the election of Luís Filipe Menezes as leader of the Social Democratic Party, he was invited to lead the PSD Parliamentary Group, a position he held until Menezes' resignation in June 2008.

On the 2009 local elections, Santana Lopes ran again for mayor of Lisbon, supported by his party and by the CDS - People's Party, the Earth Party and the People's Monarchist Party. This coalition was, however, unable to prevent the Socialist Party, led by António Costa, to achieve a big victory. Santana Lopes assumed the position of leader of the opposition in the municipality.[3]

In September 2011, Santana Lopes was nominated by Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho to assume leadership of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, a charity that runs Portugal's national lottery. In March 2016, the new prime minister, António Costa, nominated Santana Lopes for a new term.

In October 2017, Santana Lopes announced the intention to run again for the leadership of the Social Democratic Party.[4] He resigned leadership of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa in order to do so, but was defeated by Rui Rio. After the party election, both Rio and Santana tried to cooperate on several levels,[5] an effort which was not successful from Santana's point of view.[6] He grew increasingly disgruntled with the course of action imposed by Rui Rio, and in June 2018 announced he would be ending his 42 years of party membership and would seek to create a new political party.[7][8]

Alliance (2018–2021)

On 18 August 2018, it was revealed the new party headed and co-founded[9] by Santana Lopes was to be called Alliance (Portuguese: Aliança).[10] The party submitted the legally required paperwork to the Constitutional Court and was officially registered on 23 October.

Immediately after the official registration, the party started working on the campaign for the 2019 European Parliament election. Santana Lopes had already said, even before the party was registered, that he would not be running in the election, and that its top candidate would be announced in the near future.[11] On 2 December 2018, the party formally announced Paulo de Almeida Sande, a professor of European affairs and advisor of the President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, as its top candidate. While being generally considered to have a profound knowledge of European issues, Paulo Sande lacked recognition next to the general public, and relied heavily on Santana's personal popularity to engage with supporters and potential voters.[12] In March 2019, Santana Lopes said that the party's objective would be to elect at least one MEP, with three being a good result.[13] Paulo Sande fared well in the televised debates, but the party suffered a heavy blow to its campaign on 15 May 2019, when Santana and Sande were involved in a car crash on the A1 motorway. They were heading to a campaign rally in Cascais after an event in Coimbra when, between Soure and Pombal, Santana fell asleep and lost control of the vehicle, a Lexus GS rented in name of his law firm. The car slid slowly to the left, hitting the central reservation barrier and veering abruptly to the right, crashing out of the road and tumbling several times before coming to a standstill in an overturned position. No other vehicles were involved in the accident, but other drivers witnessed it and alerted the emergency services. Paulo Sande was able to get out of the wrecked car by his own means; he tried to help Santana but was unable to release him. Santana Lopes would only be removed from the wreckage by the emergency services, and was transported by helicopter to Coimbra hospital, to where Sande was also taken on an ambulance.[14] The accident was reported by several media outlets, which prompted Alliance to immediately suspend its campaign.[15] Paulo Sande suffered only minor injuries and was discharged from the hospital a few hours later, while Santana spent the night in observation, being discharged on the next day after several exams revealed no significant lesions; he was, however, told by doctors to rest for some days in order to ensure a full recovery.[16] This meant that, with little more than a week to the election day, Paulo Sande was largely left to campaign alone, although Santana appeared on a video three days before the election to urge people to vote.[17] The party obtained 1,86% of the vote and elected no MEPs.

Next on the schedule were the 2019 legislative elections. The party made a campaign of clear opposition to the incumbent government led by António Costa. Santana Lopes said that Alliance hoped to elect two to three MPs in Lisbon district, and eventually some more in Porto and Braga districts; he also stressed that his party would never support a government of the Socialist Party even in the event of a hung parliament.[18] Santana's predictions for the election were based at the party's results in the European elections. During a campaign event in Lisbon, he told that Alliance obtained 3% in the district at the European elections, and that the same result would allow the party to elect two MPs in the legislative vote.[19] This line of thought proved to be flawed as the party performed considerably worse, obtaining only 0,77% of the vote on national level and electing no MPs. Even on Lisbon district, where is easier for a small party to elect a MP, the party scored 1,27% of the vote, considerably lower than the 3% anticipated by Santana. On the election night, he admitted for the first time that he could relinquish party leadership.[20]

Without further national elections in the near future, and with all the objectives unachieved, Santana Lopes suspended his executive functions as Alliance's leader on 15 May 2020, and announced a period of reorganisation of the party.[21] On 28 August 2020, it was announced that he would not seek re-election as party leader at the next congress,[22] where he was succeeded by Paulo Bento.[23] On 25 January 2021, Alliance announced that Santana Lopes had sent a request for his party membership to be terminated. He considered that Alliance could only have a future without him, citing the fact that many people still link him to the Social Democratic Party as the main reason.[24]

Independent politician and return to Figueira da Foz

After Santana's announcement that he was leaving Alliance leadership, rumours started circulating that he could be preparing a return to the Social Democratic Party. In October 2020, at least one media outlet reported that its leader, Rui Rio, wanted Santana Lopes to be the party candidate for mayor of Sintra;[25] in March 2021, it was reported that he had declined to be the party candidate for mayor of Torres Vedras.[26] His return to the Social Democratic Party was ruled out when it became known, in late March 2021, that he was seeking to create a citizen's group in order to run for mayor of Figueira da Foz, a position he held between 1998 and 2001.[27] His candidacy, leading a list called Figueira The First (Portuguese: Figueira a Primeira), was confirmed in May[28] and generated significant interest, with opinion polls giving him real chances of winning. The candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Pedro Machado, launched on 10 August a legal action to invalidate Santana's candidacy due to alleged irregularities in its submission,[29][30] which was rejected by the local court three days later.[31][32]

Figueira a Primeira would effectively become the winner, obtaining 40,39% and four councillors, against 38,39% for the Socialist Party, also with four councillors. The Social Democratic Party scored 10,83%, electing only one councillor. Under Portuguese law, the top candidate of the most voted list automatically becomes the mayor, but Santana will have to negotiate with other political groups in order to implement his agenda, since he didn't won a majority. He nevertheless considered the result "an extraordinary accomplishment".[33][34]

Santana Lopes took office as mayor of Figueira da Foz on 17 October 2021. On his inauguration speech, he announced to have reached a deal with the University of Coimbra to build a campus on Figueira da Foz, dedicated to marine economy and sciences.[35] The campus opened on 20 December 2022.[36]

On 20 April 2023, and without explicitly assuming a candidacy, Santana Lopes entertained the possibility of being a candidate for President of Portugal on the next election, saying that he saw no one better qualified than himself.[37] However, he placed himself definitely out of the race on 19 October 2023, few days after the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war, citing the current state of world affairs as the main reason.[38]

On 21 January 2024, Pedro Santana Lopes attended a convention of the Democratic Alliance, a coalition led by the Social Democratic Party in order to contest the 2024 legislative election. He made a speech praising Luís Montenegro, who reportedly felt moved while listening it.[39][40] Since Santana formally remains an independent, his presence in the event again fuels speculation about his possible return to his former party.

Outside politics

After resigning as Secretary of State for Culture, Santana Lopes successfully ran for president of Sporting CP.[41] Despite being in office for less than a year, the club won the 1994–1995 Taça de Portugal in football under his leadership.

Electoral history

European Parliament election, 1987

Ballot: 19 July 1987
Party Candidate Votes % Seats
PSD Pedro Santana Lopes 2,111,828 37.5 10
PS Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo 1,267,672 22.5 6
CDS Lucas Pires 868,718 15.4 4
CDU Ângelo Veloso 648,700 11.5 3
PRD Medeiros Ferreira 250,158 4.4 1
PPM Miguel Esteves Cardoso 155,990 2.8 0
Other parties 193,869 3.4 0
Blank/Invalid ballots 142,715 2.5
Turnout 5,639,650 72.42 24
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[42]

PSD leadership election, 1995

Ballot: 19 February 1995
Candidate Votes %
Fernando Nogueira 532 51.6
José Manuel Durão Barroso 499 48.4
Pedro Santana Lopes withdrew
Turnout 1,031
Source: Resultados[43][44]

Figueira da Foz City Council election, 1997

Ballot: 14 December 1997
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PSD Pedro Santana Lopes 22,133 59.9 6 +2
PS Carlos Beja 11,227 30.5 3 –2
CDU 1,580 4.3 0 ±0
CDS–PP 523 1.4 0 ±0
PCTP/MRPP 204 0.6 0 ±0
Blank/Invalid ballots 1,248 3.4
Turnout 36,965 65.45 9 ±0
Source: Autárquicas 1997[45][46]

PSD leadership election, 2000

Ballot: 27 February 2000
Candidate Votes %
José Manuel Durão Barroso 469 50.3
Pedro Santana Lopes 313 33.6
Luís Marques Mendes 150 16.1
Turnout 932
Source: Congresso PSD[47]

Lisbon City Council election, 2001

Ballot: 16 December 2001
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PSD/PPM Pedro Santana Lopes 131,094 42.1 8 +1
PS/CDU João Soares 129,368 41.5 8 –2
CDS–PP Paulo Portas 23,637 7.6 1 ±0
BE Miguel Portas 11,899 3.8 0 new
Other parties 5,766 1.9 0 ±0
Blank/Invalid ballots 9,718 3.1
Turnout 311,482 54.83 17 ±0
Source: Autárquicas 2001[48]

PSD leadership election, 2004

Ballot: 1 July 2004
Candidate Votes %
Pedro Santana Lopes 98 97.0
Against 3 3.0
Turnout 101
Source: Resultados[49]

Legislative election, 2005

Ballot: 20 February 2005
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PS José Sócrates 2,588,312 45.0 121 +25
PSD Pedro Santana Lopes 1,653,425 28.8 75 –30
CDU Jerónimo de Sousa 433,369 7.5 14 +2
CDS–PP Paulo Portas 416,415 7.3 12 –2
BE Francisco Louçã 364,971 6.4 8 +5
Other parties 122,127 2.1 0 ±0
Blank/Invalid ballots 169,052 2.9
Turnout 5,747,834 64.26 230 ±0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[50]

PSD leadership election, 2008

Ballot: 31 May 2008
Candidate Votes %
Manuela Ferreira Leite 17,278 37.9
Pedro Passos Coelho 14,160 31.1
Pedro Santana Lopes 13,495 29.6
Patinha Antão 308 0.7
Blank/Invalid ballots 351 0.8
Turnout 45,592 59.13
Source: Resultados[51]

Lisbon City Council election, 2009

Ballot: 11 October 2009
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PS António Costa 123,372 44.0 9 +3
PSD/CDS–PP/MPT/PPM Pedro Santana Lopes 108,457 38.7 7 +4
CDU Ruben de Carvalho 22,623 8.1 1 –1
BE Luís Fazenda 12,795 4.6 0 –1
Other parties 5,911 2.1 0 ±0
Blank/Invalid ballots 7,152 2.5
Turnout 280,310 53.43 17 ±0
Source: Autárquicas 2009[52]

PSD leadership election, 2018

Ballot: 13 January 2018
Candidate Votes %
Rui Rio 22,728 54.2
Pedro Santana Lopes 19,244 45.8
Blank/Invalid ballots 683
Turnout 42,655 60.34
Source: Resultados[53]

Legislative election, 2019

Ballot: 6 October 2019
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PS António Costa 1,903,687 36.3 108 +22
PSD Rui Rio 1,454,283 27.8 79 –10
BE Catarina Martins 498,549 9.5 19 ±0
CDU Jerónimo de Sousa 332,018 6.3 12 –5
CDS–PP Assunção Cristas 221,094 4.2 5 –13
PAN André Silva 173,931 3.3 4 +3
Chega André Ventura 67,502 1.3 1 new
IL Carlos Guimarães Pinto 67,443 1.3 1 new
Livre Collective leadership 56,940 1.1 1 +1
Alliance Pedro Santana Lopes 40,175 0.8 0 new
Other parties 166,987 3.2 0 ±0
Blank/Invalid ballots 254,875 4.9
Turnout 5,237,484 48.60 230 ±0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[54]

Figueira da Foz City Council election, 2021

Ballot: 26 September 2021
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
Ind. Pedro Santana Lopes 12,528 40.4 4 new
PS Carlos Monteiro 11,909 38.4 4 –2
PSD Pedro Machado 3,358 10.8 1 –2
CDU Bernardo dos Reis 831 2.7 0 ±0
BE Rui Miguel da Silva 637 2.1 0 ±0
CDS–PP Miguel Chaves 361 1.2 0 ±0
Blank/Invalid ballots 1,395 4.5
Turnout 31,019 56.48 9 ±0
Source: Autárquicas 2021[55]

Honours

National

Foreign

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Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Portugal
2004–2005
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