The Social Democratic Party, known as the PSD, is a liberal-conservative political party in Portugal that is currently the country's ruling party. A party of the centre-right, it is one of the major parties in Portuguese politics, its rivals being the Socialist Party on the centre-left and the far-right Chega. It was founded in 1974, two weeks after the Carnation Revolution, and adopted its current name in 1976. In 1979 it allied with centre-right parties to form the Democratic Alliance, which won that year's election, and in 1985 it won under Aníbal Cavaco Silva, who shifted the party to the right.
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Source Luís Montenegro (Wikipedia)
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1. Social Democratic Party (Portugal) (Wikipedia)
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The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata [pɐɾˈtiðu susiˈal dɨmuˈkɾatɐ], PSD) is a liberal-conservative political party in Portugal that is
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The PSD was founded in 1974, two weeks after the Carnation Revolution
View the SourceLuís Montenegro (Wikipedia)
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he has been president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2022
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