José Luís Carneiro

Portuguese politician (born 1971)

José Luís Pereira Carneiro (born 4 October 1971) is a Portuguese politician from the Socialist Party.

Political career

Carneiro served as Minister of Internal Administration in the XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal from 2022 to 2024.^[1] Polling in 2023 found him to be the most popular minister in the government of António Costa.

Following Costa's resignation as the prime minister of Portugal, Carneiro was a candidate for the leadership of the Socialist Party.^[2] On 16 December of the same year, he lost against Pedro Nuno Santos in an internal vote.^[3]

References

1. "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-04-06.
2. Donn, Natasha (2023-11-09). "Government's most popular minister 'ponders' standing for leadership". Portugal Resident. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
3. Tommaso Lecca (17 December 2023), Portugal’s Socialists elect new leader after Costa’s resignation Politico Europe.