Miguel Relvas
| Miguel Relvas | |
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| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
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In office 21 June 2011 – 4 April 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Preceded by | Pedro Silva Pereira |
| Succeeded by | Luís Marques Guedes |
| Secretary–General of the Social Democratic Party | |
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In office 11 April 2010 – 20 June 2011 |
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| Leader | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Preceded by | Luís Marques Guedes |
| Succeeded by | José Matos Rosa |
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In office 23 May 2004 – 10 April 2005 |
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| Leader |
José Manuel Barroso Pedro Santana Lopes |
| Preceded by | José Luís Arnaut |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Macedo |
| Secretary of State for Local Government | |
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In office 8 April 2002 – 17 July 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | José Durão Barroso |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | José Cesário |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 September 1961 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Lusophone University |
| Profession | Business manager |
Miguel Fernando Cassola de Miranda Relvas (born September 5, 1961) was a Portuguese politician who served as a minister of Parliamentary Affairs (2011–13). Nowadays he works as an international business consultant.
Miguel Relvas rose through the ranks of Portugal's Social Democratic Party (PSD) and of the Portuguese Government to become in 1985: Member of Parliament, in 2002: Secretary of State for Local Government, and in 2011: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. Between 2005–11, he also pursued business activities. Was involved in several public scandals and became a joke among the Portuguese people, symbol of incompetence.
Miguel Relvas political life started in the Tomar branch of Juventude Social Democrata the youth wing of the PSD. At 24 years of age he was included in a non-electable slot in PSD's Santarém district list to the 1985 legislative elections, but, when PSD did better than expected and one the candidates ahead of him (Luís Miral Amaral) became government minister, Miguel Relvas squeaked into the Portuguese Parliament where he remained until 2009. He quickly rose in the party ranks becoming secretary-general of JSD in 1987–89, Secretary of State for Local Government in 2002–04, secretary-general of the PSD in 2004–05, and again reappointed in 2010.
Miguel Relvas represented PSD in several parliamentary commissions and built a reputation as a major party operational and campaign manager. In 2010, he was decisive in rallying up the votes to elect as PSD president Pedro Passos Coelho setting the stage to become Joint-Minister("Ministro-Adjunto" in Portuguese or "Minister Assistant" in the official government translation) and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs after Passos Coelho won the 2011 legislative elections. Despite being outranked in the cabinet by two Ministers of State, Miguel Relvas was widely acknowledged to be the right-hand man of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho and was considered the de facto deputy prime-Minister until mid-2012 when he resigned (see details below).
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