Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Antonio
Jose Seguro of the centre-left Socialist Party (PS) has won Portugal’s
presidential election but by an insufficient margin to avoid a second-round run-off
with Andre Ventura of the far-right Chega party on 8 February
It was an
unexpected victory by Seguro as Ventura had been widely predicted in opinion
polls to win if only by a small percentage of votes.
Fourteen candidates,
independent s well as leaders from all the political parties, vied for the presidency.
It is a
non-executive position, but as head of state the president carries significant
moderating power during any tie of crisis and is head of the armed forces.
The incumbent
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, a politician, academic and Portugal’s 20th president, has
served in the role since 2016 having been re-elected three times. He abandoned his
position in the centre-right Social Democratic Party to concentrate on being
politically neutral.
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