Pedro Passos Coelho
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His Excellency Pedro Passos Coelho |
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| 118th Prime Minister of Portugal | |
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In office 21 June 2011 – 26 November 2015 |
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| President | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Deputy | Paulo Portas (2013–15) |
| Preceded by | José Sócrates |
| Succeeded by | António Costa |
| President of the Social Democratic Party | |
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Assumed office 9 April 2010 |
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| Secretary- General |
Miguel Relvas (2010–11) José Matos Rosa (2011–) |
| Preceded by | Manuela Ferreira Leite |
| President of the Social Democratic Youth | |
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In office March 1990 – December 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Carlos Coelho |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Moreira da Silva |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho 24 July 1964 Coimbra, Portugal |
| Political party |
Social Democratic Party (1980–present) |
| Spouse(s) |
Fátima Padinha (m. 1985; div. 2003) Laura Ferreira (m. 2005) |
| Children | Joana Catarina Júlia |
| Residence | Massamá, Sintra |
| Alma mater |
University of Lisbon Lusíada University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾu mɐnuˈɛɫ mɐˈmɛðɨ ˈpasuʃ kuˈeʎu]; born 24 July 1964) is a Portuguese politician who was the 118th Prime Minister of Portugal, in office from 2011 to 2015. He is the leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). Passos Coelho started very early in politics, becoming the national leader of the youth branch of the PSD. A business manager by trade, he led the XIX Governo Constitucional (19th Constitutional Government of Portugal) and the XX Governo Constitucional (20th Constitutional Government) as head of government from 21 June 2011 to 26 November 2015.
Pedro Passos Coelho was born in the parish of Sé Nova in Coimbra, Portugal, on 24 July 1964. He is the youngest son of a medical doctor, António Passos Coelho (born Vale de Nogueiras, Vila Real, Douro, 31 May 1926) and the woman he married in 1955, a nurse, Maria Rodrigues Santos Mamede (born Santana da Serra, Ourique, Baixo Alentejo, c. 1930). He has an older sister, Maria Teresa Mamede Passos Coelho, a medical doctor, and an older brother, Miguel Mamede Passos Coelho, who was born with cerebral palsy.
He spent his childhood in Angola—then one of Portugal's overseas possessions—where his father practised medicine. After the Carnation Revolution of 1974 and the independence of the territory as the People's Republic of Angola, he returned with his family to Europe and settled in Vila Real, Northern Portugal.
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