Luís Capoulas Santos
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Life before politics
Capoulas Santos was born in Montemor-o-Novo. He is a licenciate in Sociology from the University of Évora. He worked as a secondary education teacher before taking a position as a technician in the Ministry of Agriculture.
Political activity
His political career started in 1976, after being elected as a member of the City Council in his home city of Montemor-o-Novo.
He was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic in 1991, and took office as Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries in 1998, replacing Fernando Gomes da Silva, under whom he was Secretary of State. He kept the office until 2002, when the government led by António Guterres resigned after a landslide defeat in local elections.
Capoulas Santos was elected Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists, between 2004 and 2014.[1]
He returned to the Ministry of Agriculture in 2015, after the nomination of António Costa as Prime Minister.
Honours
- File:POR Ordem do Merito Agricola Gra-Cruz BAR.svg Grand Cross of the Order of Entrepreneurial Merit, Category of Agricultural Merit (17/01/2006).[2]
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- People from Montemor-o-Novo
- Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians
- Agriculture ministers of Portugal
- Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
- MEPs for Portugal 2004–2009
- MEPs for Portugal 2009–2014
- Socialist Party (Portugal) MEPs
- University of Évora alumni