Affiliated with the Social Democratic Party, this political leader took office in 2011 as Prime Minister of Portugal. Previously, he had served as a Member of Parliament for the Vila Real and Lisbon constituencies.
He grew up primarily in Angola, where his father worked as a physician. He went on to briefly study mathematics at the University of Lisbon; he ultimately earned a degree in economics from Lusiada University.
As a teenager, he was heavily involved in the Social Democratic Party's youth organization, the Juventude Social Democrata (JSD).
His first marriage, to pop singer Fatima Padinha, resulted in daughters named Joana and Catarina. He later married medical technician Laura Ferreira, with whom he had a third daughter named Julia.
He and Socialist Politician Antonio Guterres both held office as Prime Minister of Portugal; Guterres ended his term in 2002.
