Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos

Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos (born 29 September 1988) is a Portuguese conservative politician and a lawyer. He was elected President of the CDS – People's Party in the National Congress of the Party in Aveiro, with 46% of the votes. In 2018, he was elected one of the "30 more brilliant, innovative and influential youths of Europe in law and policy" by Forbes.[1]

Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos
President of CDS – People's Party
Assumed office
26 January 2020
Preceded byAssunção Cristas
President of the People's Youth
In office
2015–2020
Personal details
Born (1988-09-29) 29 September 1988
Coimbra, Portugal
Political partyCDS – People's Party (2007–present)

Political career

He studied Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Lisbon, and is a lawyer and consultant at Valadas Coriel & Associates, a law firm based in Lisbon. He started his political career at the People's Youth, becoming president of the same organisation in 2015. After 5 years leading the People's Youth, he decided to stand for the leadership of the CDS – People's Party after poor general election results.[2] He now presents himself as the "youth conservative".[3] He is the youngest and most inexperienced of the Portuguese political leaders.

See also

References
  1. Rodrigues, Sofia. ""Forbes" distingue líder da JP como jovem promissor". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. Martinho, Maria. "Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos candidata-se à liderança do CDS para que se volte a acreditar no partido". Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. "Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos, o jota conservador". Jornal Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 January 2020.


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