José Ribeiro e Castro
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 was also a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2009, for the Social Democratic Party–People's Party coalition;[1] part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group.
Education
He is a Graduate in law (Lisbon, 1975).
Politician
He was a member of Odemira’s Municipal Assembly (1982-1985).
- EPP/ED group coordinator at the Human Rights Subcommittee in the European Parliament (since 2004).[1]
- Member and Chairman of Sintra’s Municipal Assembly (since 2002).
- Legal adviser to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (since 1991).
- Member of the Higher Council for Social Policy of the Ministry of Social Affairs (1988–1990).
- Member of the Portuguese Parliament (1976–1983 and 1999).
- Adviser and assistant to the Ministry of Education (1987–1991).
- Secretary of State in the Deputy Prime Minister's Office (1980 and 1981–1983).
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.