Rui Manuel Parente Chancerelle de Machete (born 7 April 1940)^[2] is a Portuguese politician. Machete served as Minister of Social Affairs from 1976 to 1979, Minister of Justice from 1983 to 1985, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense in 1985, and Minister of State and Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2015.^[3][4][1] He was the leader of the Social Democratic Party in 1985.^[2]

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Rui Machete
President of the Social Democratic Party
In office 10 February 1985 – 19 May 1985
Secretary-General	Francisco Antunes da Silva
Preceded by	Carlos Mota Pinto
Succeeded by	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Ministerial offices
2013–2015	Minister of Foreign Affairs
2013–2015	Minister of State
1985–1985	Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal
1985–1985	Minister of National Defence
1983–1985	Minister of Justice
1976–1976	Minister of Social Affairs
Personal details
Born	(1940-04-07) 7 April 1940 (age 84) Setúbal, Portugal[1]
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse	Maria Fernanda Ferreira Pena
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Lisbon

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