José Ribeiro e Castro

For other people named Jose Castro, see Jose Castro (disambiguation).

José Duarte de Almeida Ribeiro e Castro (born Lisbon, 24 December 1953)[1] is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He was the leader of the People's Party since 24 April 2005 to 2007, when he was replaced again by Paulo Portas. He is also a member of the European Parliament, since 1999, currently for the Social Democratic PartyPeople's Party coalition;[1] part of the European People's PartyEuropean Democrats group.

Education

He is a Graduate in law (Lisbon, 1975).

Politician

He was a member of Odemira’s Municipal Assembly (1982-1985).

CDS

He is a member of the National Board of the CDS party (1975–1983) and the CDS-PP (1998-2003). Member of the CDS-PP’s National Board Executive Committee (since 2004). Vice-Chairman of the CDS’ parliamentary group for 1981 and CDS spokesman 1976–1983.

Career

He founded Juventude Centrista in 1974.

He worked as a legal expert and counsellor (1976–1999).

He worked in television, being a member (1988–1990), and Chairman (1990–1991), of the inspection board of RTP (Portuguese Radio and Television). Between 1991 and 1999, he held a number of managerial posts at TVI television.

He was vice-chairman of Sport Lisboa e Benfica for 1997–1998.

He is a contributor to various newspapers.

References


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