Hermínio Paiva Fernandes Martinho ComMA (born 23 March 1946) is a Portuguese agricultural engineer and politician, who was the first president of the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD).
Hermínio Martinho | |
|---|---|
| President of PRD | |
| In office 10 July 1985 – 19 October 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Party established |
| Succeeded by | Ramalho Eanes |
| In office 29 May 1988 – 18 February 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Ramalho Eanes |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Canavarro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 March 1946 Tancos, Vila Nova da Barquinha, Portugal |
| Political party | PS (1979–1982) PRD (1985–1990) |
Early life
editHermínio Martinho was born on 23 March 1946 in Tancos, Vila Nova da Barquinha, in the district of Santarém. He studied and did his military service in Santarém.[1]
Political career
editBetween 1979 and 1982, Martinho was an alderman in the Municipality of Santarém for the Socialist Party.[1] In July 1985, Martinho was elected the first President of newly formed Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), a party that had the political support and mentoring of António Ramalho Eanes, then President of Portugal.[2] In the 1985 Portuguese legislative election, under Martinho's leadership, the PRD achieved more than a million votes and won 45 seats in the Assembly of the Republic, making PRD the third political force in Portugal.[2] Martinho was a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic between 1985 and 1991.[3]
In 1986, after Ramalho Eanes ended his term as President of Portugal, Martinho formally invited Ramalho Eanes to be the President of the PRD, giving up his position.[4] Following the disastrous results in the 1987 Portuguese legislative election, Ramalho Eanes resigned and Martinho was again elected President of the PRD in May 1988. In 1990 he resigned from his position after the party's bad results in the local election in 1989.[5]
Between 1997 and 2001, Martinho was again elected alderman in the Municipality of Santarém, this time for the Social Democratic Party.[1]
Electoral history
editLegislative election, 1985
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSD | Aníbal Cavaco Silva | 1,732,288 | 29.9 | 88 | +13 | |
| PS | Almeida Santos | 1,204,321 | 20.8 | 57 | –44 | |
| PRD | Hermínio Martinho | 1,038,893 | 17.9 | 45 | new | |
| APU | Álvaro Cunhal | 898,281 | 15.5 | 38 | –6 | |
| CDS | Lucas Pires | 577,580 | 10.0 | 22 | –8 | |
| UDP | Mário Tomé | 73,401 | 1.3 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Other parties | 128,846 | 2.2 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Blank/Invalid ballots | 145,319 | 2.5 | – | – | ||
| Turnout | 5,798,929 | 74.16 | 250 | ±0 | ||
| Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[6] | ||||||
Lisbon City Council election, 1989
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS/CDU/MDP/CDE | Jorge Sampaio | 180,635 | 49.1 | 9 | +1 | |
| PSD/CDS/PPM | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | 154,888 | 42.1 | 8 | –1 | |
| PRD | Hermínio Martinho | 11,453 | 3.1 | 0 | new | |
| PCTP/MRPP | Garcia Pereira | 6,390 | 1.7 | 0 | ±0 | |
| FER | Gil Garcia | 1,326 | 0.4 | 0 | new | |
| Blank/Invalid ballots | 13,433 | 3.7 | – | – | ||
| Turnout | 368,125 | 54.76 | 17 | ±0 | ||
| Source: Autárquicas 1989[7][8][9][10][11] | ||||||
Awards and honors
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Portugal: Commander of the Order of Entrepreneurial Merit (Agricultural Merit) (1983)[12]
Italy: Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1990)[13]
Morocco: Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite (1992)[13]
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Personalidade do Ano – Vida Hermínio Martinho". The best project ever. (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "PRD. Um caso de exceção". www.dn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "1986. Eanes assume liderança do PRD". www.dn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Demissão de Hermínio Martinho da liderança do PRD" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Resultados AR 1985" (PDF). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Distrito de Lisboa : Autárquicas Resultados 1989 : Dossier : Grupo Marktest". Marktest. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Entrevista a Hermínio Martinho". RTP. 18 December 1989. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Garcia Pereira candidato à Câmara de Lisboa". RTP. 18 December 1989. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Garcia Pereira candidato à Câmara de Lisboa". RTP. 3 November 1989. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Campanha da FER para as autárquicas de Lisboa". RTP. 12 December 1989. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS – Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas". www.ordens.presidencia.pt. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS ESTRANGEIRAS – Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas". www.ordens.presidencia.pt. Retrieved 2 May 2021.