Luís Capoulas Santos Explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Luís Capoulas Santos
Honorific-Suffix:GCMA
Office1:Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development
Term Start1:26 November 2015
Term End1:26 October 2019
Primeminister1:António Costa
Predecessor1:Assunção Cristas
Successor1:Maria do Céu Antunes
Term Start2:3 October 1998
Term End2:6 April 2002
Primeminister2:António Guterres
Predecessor2:Fernando Gomes da Silva
Successor2:Armando Sevinate Pinto
Office3:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start3:20 July 2004
Term End3:30 June 2014
Constituency3:Portugal
Birth Name:Luís Manuel Capoulas Santos
Birth Date:22 August 1951
Birth Place:Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
Party:Socialist Party (1976–present)
Children:2
Alma Mater:University of Évora
Term Start5:23 October 2015
Term Start6:10 April 2002
Term End6:19 July 2004
Term Start7:6 October 1991
Term End7:24 October 1999
Constituency5:Évora
Constituency6:Évora
Constituency7:Évora
Office8:Member of the Montemor-o-Novo City Council
Term Start8:12 December 1976
Term End8:16 December 1979
Term End5:25 March 2024

Luís Manuel Capoulas Santos (born 22 August 1951) is a Portuguese politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development.

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MEP Profile. European Parliament. 30 March 2010.
  2. Web site: CIDADÃOS NACIONAIS AGRACIADOS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS. 2017-08-05. Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas.