Social Democratic Party
Centre-right political party in Portugal
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| 2024 | Luís Montenegro becomes the most recent Prime Minister from the Social Democratic Party, taking office in 2024. |
| 2024 | Social Democratic Party returns to power in Portugal after a recent political period, marking a significant shift in the country's political landscape. |
| 2024 | PSD-led coalition secured 2 seats in the Azores Regional Assembly election, maintaining a coalition government. |
| 2024 | Miguel Albuquerque led the PSD to win 36.1% of votes and 1 seat in the Madeira Regional Assembly election, forming a minority government. |
| 2024 | Luís Montenegro becomes the party leader, forming the Democratic Alliance coalition. |
| June 2024 | In the European Parliament elections, the Democratic Alliance (AD) coalition was narrowly defeated by the Socialists, losing by a margin of 31% to 32%. |
| April 9 2024 | Hugo Soares returns as Parliamentary leader for a second time, marking a notable leadership comeback. |
| March 10 2024 | The Social Democratic Party (PSD), in a joint alliance called Democratic Alliance (AD) with CDS–PP and PPM, won a narrow election against the Socialist Party with 29% of the vote, forming a minority government following António Costa's resignation due to a corruption investigation. |
| July 13 2022 | Joaquim Miranda Sarmento becomes Parliamentary leader, continuing the party's tradition of leadership transitions. |
| July 3 2022 | Hugo Soares becomes the secretary-general of the party |
| July 1 2022 | Luís Montenegro becomes party leader, succeeding Rui Rio. |
| May 28 2022 | Luís Montenegro elected as the party leader. |
| April 7 2022 | Paulo Mota Pinto becomes Parliamentary leader, signaling another change in party leadership. |
| January 30 2022 | Rui Rio was replaced as party leader, signaling an internal leadership transition and potential strategic repositioning for the party. |
| January 30 2022 | PSD suffered a significant setback in the snap general election, winning only 29 percent of votes while PS gained an absolute majority with 41 percent. |
| 2021 | Achieved presidential election victory with 60.7% of votes. |
| 2021 | PSD had positive local elections, winning several key cities including Lisbon, where Carlos Moedas defeated PS incumbent mayor Fernando Medina. |
| 2020 | PSD returned to power in the Azores after 24 years in opposition, winning almost 34 percent of votes by forming a controversial coalition with CHEGA, CDS, PPM, and IL. |
| September 17 2020 | Adão Silva becomes Parliamentary leader of the Social Democratic Party |
| January 2020 | Rio won a two-round leadership contest against Luís Montenegro and Miguel Pinto Luz, securing re-election as party leader with 53 percent of votes in the second round. |
| 2019 | Social Democratic Party continued to operate in opposition, maintaining its role as a key political alternative to the governing party in Portugal. |
| 2019 | PSD achieved its worst result in a national election in the European Parliament elections, winning just 22 percent of the votes. |
| November 4 2019 | Rui Rio takes over as Parliamentary leader of the PSD. |
| January 2019 | Rio won a motion of confidence presented by Luís Montenegro during his first leadership year. |
| March 19 2018 | José Silvano takes over as secretary-general of the party |
| February 22 2018 | Fernando Negrão takes on the Parliamentary leader role, continuing the party's leadership transitions. |
| February 18 2018 | Feliciano Barreiras Duarte becomes the secretary-general of the party |
| February 16 2018 | Rui Rio takes over party leadership from Pedro Passos Coelho. |
| January 13 2018 | Rui Rio defeated Pedro Santana Lopes by 54 to 46 percent margin to become the new party leader. |
| 2017 | PSD suffered its worst local election results, winning only 98 mayors and 30 percent of the votes, leading Pedro Passos Coelho to announce he would not run for another party leadership term. |
| 2016 | Aníbal Cavaco Silva's presidential term ends, and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa takes over as the new President of the Republic representing the Social Democratic Party. |
| 2016 | Ran Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa as presidential candidate, who received 52.0% of votes and won the election. |
| 2015 | Social Democratic Party moved back into opposition after losing parliamentary majority, marking a significant shift in the party's political positioning following previous government leadership. |
| 2015 | The PSD/CDS coalition government led by Pedro Passos Coelho ended after four years in power, marking the conclusion of their parliamentary term. |
| 2015 | PSD and CDS-PP run in a joint coalition called Portugal Ahead, led by Pedro Passos Coelho and Paulo Portas, winning 38.6 percent of votes but falling short of an absolute majority. |
| October 30 2015 | PSD/CDS government formed and took oath of office, but fell after a no-confidence motion two weeks later, becoming the shortest-lived government in Portugal's democratic history. |
| 2014 | The party runs under the 'Portugal Alliance' and wins 2 seats in the European Parliament. |
| June 2013 | Economic recession ends, with the economy beginning to recover and grow between 1-2 percent per trimester. |
| 2011 | Achieved presidential election victory with 53.0% of votes. |
| 2011 | Pedro Passos Coelho leads PSD to victory, winning 38.7% of votes and forming a coalition government. |
| June 26 2011 | Luís Montenegro becomes Parliamentary leader, signaling a generational shift in the party's leadership. |
| June 12 2011 | José Matos Rosa becomes the secretary-general of the party |
| June 5 2011 | Fresh election held after José Sócrates' resignation, resulting in a non-absolute majority for the PSD and forming a coalition government with CDS-PP. |
| October 2010 | Pedro Passos Coelho was elected as the new leader of the Social Democratic Party, succeeding Manuela Ferreira Leite and preparing the party for the upcoming political challenges. |
| April 11 2010 | Miguel Relvas returns as secretary-general of the party |
| April 9 2010 | Pedro Passos Coelho becomes party leader, succeeding Manuela Ferreira Leite. |
| March 2010 | Pedro Passos Coelho was elected party leader with 61 percent of the votes. |
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