José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa
Born in Vilar de Maçada, Alijó, Vila Real district, in the 6th of September, 1957
Civil Engineer
Post-Graduation Sanitary Engineering
Member of Socialist Party since 1981
Member of the Socialist Party direction since 1991
Member of Parliament from 1987 to 1995 and since 2002
Member of Covilhã Municipal Council
Minister of Environment and Territorial Planning in the XIV Government (1999-2002)
Minister Assistant to the Prime Minister in the XIII Government (1997-1999)
State Secretary Assistant to the Environment Minister in the XIII Government (1995-1997)
Elected Socialist Party leader in September, 2004