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
13 December 2015 – 26 January 2020
Preceded byMiguel Pires da Silva
Succeeded byFrancisco Mota
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 "young conservative".[3] He is the youngest of the Portuguese political leaders. He has, however, been unable to assert his authority on the party and his leadership has been challenged various times.[4]

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.
  4. https://observador.pt/2021/01/29/francisco-rodrigues-dos-santos-nao-se-demite-e-convoca-conselho-nacional/


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