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2007 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election

2007 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election

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The 2007 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 28 September 2007. This was a snap leadership election called by then party leader Luís Marques Mendes, elected in April 2005.[1] Marques Mendes triggered the snap leadership ballot after the PSD bad result in the July 2007 Lisbon mayoral by-election, in which the PSD candidate, Fernando Negrão, polled 3rd place with just 16% of the votes.[2] Marques Mendes decided to run for reelection and faced Luís Filipe Menezes in the leadership ballot. On election day, Menezes defeated Marques Mendes by a 54% to 43% margin and was elected as the new leader of the PSD.[3]

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Menezes leadership was, however, very short and in April 2008 he announced his resignation and exit from the leadership.[4]

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  1. [1]
    Diário de Notícias (16 July 2007). "Marques Mendes antecipa directas no PSD e prepara purga interna". Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  2. [2]
    RTP (15 July 2007). "António Costa vence eleições para Lisboa". Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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    Diário de Notícias (29 September 2007). "Menezes é o novo líder". Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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    "Menezes abandona liderança e convoca eleições", TVI24, 17 April 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. [5]
    Diário de Notícias (24 July 2007). "Menezes avança para derrotar Sócrates em 2009". Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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