CDS – People's Party
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The CDS – People's Party is a conservative and Christian democratic political party in Portugal. It is characterized as being between the centre-right and right-wing of the political spectrum. In voting ballots, the party's name appears only as the People's Party, with the abbreviation CDS–PP unchanged.
CDS-PP rally in January 2005 in Europarque, Santa Maria da Feira, with more than 5,000 people.
Paulo Portas was leader of the CDS-PP from 1998 to 2005, and again from 2007 to 2016.
Party logo, 1974–1982
Party logo, 1993–2009
The 2009 Portuguese legislative election was held on 27 September, to renew all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic. The Socialist Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister José Sócrates, won the largest number of seats, but didn't repeat the overall majority they gained in 2005.
Image: Manuela Ferreira Leite
Image: Paulo Portas 2009 (cropped)
Image: Deputados do Bloco de Esquerda (16) (4026598621)