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  Science Fair Projects - Pedro Santana Lopes
Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes (born June 29, 1956) is a Portuguese politician, Mayor of Lisbon and former Prime Minister of Portugal (2004–2005).
Santana Lopes was born in Lisbon, and graduated in Law from the University of Lisbon, where he was leader of the students Union.
Santana Lopes' short career as Prime Minister began inauspiciously, with some members of government being shuffled between departments on the same afternoon as the government was being inaugurated.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Pedro_Santana_Lopes   (947 words)

  
 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN PORTUGAL 20TH FEBRUARY 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Pedro Santana Lopes’s government has been the subject of fierce criticism for a number of weeks; the Prime Minister, the former mayor of the capital, Lisbon, even achieved the lowest level of popularity ever won by a head of government.
Pedro Santana Lopes, who was appointed to continue his predecessor’s activities, allowed himself a few liberties with the austerity measures that had been imposed by José Manuel Durao Barroso that were to maintain Portugal’s deficit within the limits of the Stability Pact, notably in the area of taxation.
Pedro Santana Lopes announced that although he would not take the initiative of organising a referendum on the legalisation of abortion he is prepared to examine any proposal sent to him for a popular consultation on the subject if his party wins the next general elections.
www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/portugal/legislatives   (1046 words)

  
 Pedro Santana Lopes at AllExperts
IPA //) (full name:Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes) born June 29, 1956 is a Portuguese politician, and was Prime Minister of Portugal from 2004 to 2005.
Because the PSD was the major partner in the coalition government at the time, the Party proposed Santana Lopes for the post of Prime Minister, a position to which he was formally invited by president Jorge Sampaio on July 12 2004.
Although his appointment was in fact constitutional, he was not a Member of Parliament but only a municipal leader, as the Mayor of Lisbon, and many columnists thus saw him as an illegitimate Prime Minister, a view shared by a large section of the public.
en.allexperts.com /e/p/pe/pedro_santana_lopes.htm   (961 words)

  
 Taipei Times - archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Portugal's new center-right government, led by former Lisbon mayor Pedro Santana Lopes, was sworn in on Saturday after his predecessor resigned to head the European Commission.
Santana Lopes vowed to maintain the main policies of outgoing premier Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, including his public deficit reduction measures.
Santana Lopes, a populist who is seen as further right than Barroso, was elected head of the Social Democrats by the party's national council early last week, while he was still mayor of the Portuguese capital.
www.taipeitimes.com /News/world/archives/2004/07/19/2003179577/print   (617 words)

  
 Iran Daily
Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes, in office for just under five months, announced he and his cabinet were quitting late Saturday in a surprise move which deepened the nation's political crisis.
Santana Lopes is the third consecutive Portuguese prime minister to resign since 2002.
In announcing the government's resignation, Santana Lopes indicated he would take a limited interpretation of the role of a caretaker government as he cancelled a summit with France scheduled for Monday in the French town of Angouleme.
www.iran-daily.com /1383/2162/html/politic.htm   (2383 words)

  
 Pedro Santana - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Pedro Santana - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Santana, Pedro (1801-64), first president of the Dominican Republic (1844-48, 1853-56, and 1858-61), who led it through its difficult early years....
The first president of the new Dominican Republic was Pedro Santana, who served for three terms between 1844 and 1861.
encarta.msn.com /Pedro_Santana.html   (109 words)

  
 Earth Imaging Journal - Exploring the World of Remote Sensing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Pedro Santana Lopes, Lisbon's mayor, indicates that this agreement constitutes a crucial element in the city's information technology (IT) modernization strategy.
Lopes Dias added, "GIS systems, which are capable of information integration, play an important role in all modern organizations and, particularly, in local government, since their main role is the effective management of geographic areas."
Concerning the agreement, which stipulates close cooperation between ESRI Portugal and Lisbon's municipality, Lopes Dias indicated that the work ahead was "both challenging and exciting because of the cooperation established between the two entities." The municipality's system is to be implemented within three years.
www.eijournal.com /cat_content.asp?contentid=194&catid=150   (525 words)

  
 Portugal's new Prime Minister - Pravda.Ru
Pedro Manuel Santana Lopes awaits the (certain) rubber stamp from his party to present a new government to President Sampaio as Prime Minister this week.
Pedro Santana Lopes grew with the post, presiding over the European Council of Ministers of Culture in 1992.
Accused by some of applying cosmetic solutions rather than long-term strategies, Pedro Santana Lopes is perhaps the only member of the ruling coalition with the charisma and verve to have any semblance of a chance of re-election in two years' time.
english.pravda.ru /world/20/91/365/13349_Portugal.html   (768 words)

  
 Taipei Times - archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes announced on Saturday that he and his center-right Cabinet had submitted their resignations, the day after the nation's socialist president announced he would dissolve parliament and call an early vote.
At the time Santana Lopes was mayor of Lisbon and the No. 2 in the party.
His brief tenure in office was marked by delays in the start of the school year, accusations of government interference in the media, a downgrade in the credit outlook given by ratings agency Standard and Poor's and the angry resignation of a minister.
www.taipeitimes.com /News/world/archives/2004/12/13/2003214896/print   (342 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Europe | New Portuguese PM is inaugurated
Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes and his new Portuguese cabinet have been sworn in at a ceremony in Lisbon.
Mr Santana Lopes replaces Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, who has been named head the European Commission in Brussels.
During Saturday's ceremony Mr Santana Lopes, 48, said he would continue with the main policies of his predecessor - including his deficit-cutting measures.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3903805.stm   (249 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Europe | Portuguese prime minister quits
Santana Lopes said he was proud of his cabinet
Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes has announced the resignation of his conservative government.
The brief tenure of Mr Santa Lopes has been marked by the bitter resignation of a minister, slumping polls and allegations of government interference with the media.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/4089199.stm   (324 words)

  
 Socialist Party Leads in Portugal Election
Portuguese Prime Minister and leader of the Social Democratic Party Pedro Santana Lopes looks at the photographers while casting his ballot Sunday, Feb. 20 2005, in Lisbon.
The president seethed at missteps by the government of Social Democrat leader Pedro Santana Lopes, who took over as prime minister last year after Jose Manuel Barroso quit to become European Commission president.
Santana Lopes has suggested raising the retirement age to 68 from 65.
www.comcast.net /data/news/2005/02/20/63702.xml   (678 words)

  
 President of Russia
PEDRO SANTANA LOPES: This is the first time that the President of Russia has come to Portugal.
MR LOPES: In answering your question, I would also like to say that indeed the moment has now come for active development of our bilateral relations.
It is important not to create new dividing lines in Europe, and I hope that with the new leadership of the EU commission, we will develop the same relations that we have with Portugal – especially as the person who heads the commission of European communities now is well-known in Portugal.
www.kremlin.ru /eng/speeches/2004/11/24/2353_type82914type82915_80134.shtml   (2388 words)

  
 Portugal's Lopes set to resign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes told reporters Saturday that the drastic move is in response to the president's decision on Friday to dissolve parliament and call elections for Feb. 20.
During a national televised address, Sampaio told viewers that dissolving parliament was the only way to end months of instability and discord in the country, brought on by Lopes's administration.
Lopes said his government would take on a caretaker role until Feb 20.
www.cbc.ca /news/story/2004/12/11/portugal-lopes041211.html   (1080 words)

  
 PEDRO SANTANA LOPES - for news on Pedro Santana Lopes Click Here   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's opposition Socialists have scored their biggest-ever electoral victory after voters ousted centre-right Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes after only seven months in power, official results showed.
Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes and his new centre-right Portuguese cabinet are sworn in.
Pedro Santana Lopes is asked to form a new government after his predecessor quits to take up the top EU post.
www.newsbyname.co.uk /P/Pedro-Santana-Lopes.php   (154 words)

  
 Pedro Santana Lopes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Aus dem gleichen Grund wurde Lopes einige Tage vorher Präsident seiner Partei PSD (Partido Social Democrata), der er seit Ende der Diktatur 1974 angehört.
Santana Lopes ist absolvierter Jurist und studierte für ein Jahr in Deutschland Politikwissenschaften.
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www.biologie.de /biowiki/Pedro_Santana_Lopes   (310 words)

  
 Portugal Sampaio designa primer ministro líder PSD Pedro Santana Lopes
Santana Lopes fue designado ayer por el Comité Nacional de su partido candidato (único) a suceder a Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, que ha sido elegido por los jefes de Estado y Gobierno de los Veinticinco para ocupar la presidencia de la Comisión Europea desde el 1 de noviembre.
Tras hacerse oficial su designación, Santana Lopes declaró que "sólo ahora" iniciará las "diligencias necesarias" para formar un nuevo Gobierno, ante las especulaciones que se han desatado en la prensa respecto a los futuros miembros de su gabinete.
Entre otras cosas, Santana Lopes se comprometió anoche, en una entrevista televisada, a respetar el Pacto de Estabilidad y Crecimiento de la UE.
www.lukor.com /not-mun/europa/0407/12194741.htm   (660 words)

  
 Pedro Santana Lopes
Der Artikel Pedro Santana Lopes gehört zur Kategorie: Mann, Politiker (Portugal), Ministerpräsident (Portugal)
Santana Lopes ist absolvierter Jurist der Universität Lissabon und studierte für ein Jahr in Deutschland Politikwissenschaften.
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www.weblexikon.de /Pedro_Santana_Lopes.html   (356 words)

  
 News: Iraq, Portugal to begin withdrawing military police from Iraq this week
The National Republican Guardsmen should return from southern Iraq by the end of the week if "everything goes as planned," Santana Lopes told reporters late on Monday.
Their tour of duty had been due to end in November, but Portugal agreed to extend it to help provide security for the elections.
Santana Lopes has said Lisbon would continue aiding Iraq "in a different way", notably by helping to train Iraqi security forces in collaboration with the newly elected transitional parliament and NATO.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-69EHJR?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635P5D   (206 words)

  
 Pedro Santana Lopes
2) O Dr. Pedro Santana Lopes (legitimado pelo Presidente da República) comprometeu-se a dar continuidade ao Programa e trabalho já levado a cabo.
No próximo dia 20, o Dr. Pedro Santana Lopes irá demonstrar que, e como já é tradição, a disputa será até ao último voto.
O Dr. Santana Lopes e o PSD podem contar com o meu voto e com o meu total apoio.
pedrosantanalopes.blogs.sapo.pt   (1361 words)

  
 Correio da Manhã
Em nome da continuidade, o novo presidente do PSD, Pedro Santana Lopes, vai manter toda a direcção do partido e reafirmou igualmente a sua confiança no líder parlamentar, Guilherme Silva.
Com a subida de Pedro Santana Lopes a líder do partido, o PSD passa a ter apenas cinco “vices” eleitos no último Congresso no final de Maio.
Assim, Pedro Santana Lopes terá a seu lado Rui Rio, José Luís Arnaut, Nuno Morais Sarmento, Helena Lopes da Costa e José Matos Correia.
www.correiomanha.pt /noticiaImprimir.asp?idCanal=90&id=118251   (216 words)

  
 Dimite gobierno portugués :: Internacionales :: esmas
Premier Pedro Santana anuncia renuncia y la de su gabinete un día después que el presidente portugués disolviera el Parlamento y llamara a elecciones
11, 2004.- El primer ministro portugués, el conservador Pedro Santana López, anunció este sábado su renuncia del gobierno, aun día después que el presidente disolviera el Parlamento y convocara a elecciones anticipadas para febrero.
El presidente anunció la semana pasada su intención de convocar a elecciones luego de semanas de peleas en el seno del gabinete, combinadas con una serie de errores y torpezas que aquejaron al gobierno conservador de Santana López desde que asumió el poder en julio.
www.esmas.com /noticierostelevisa/internacionales/412307.html   (323 words)

  
 CNN.com - World News: Election Watch
Assembly: Portugal has a unicameral parliament called the Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da Republica) with 230 seats.
* Prime Minister Pedro SANTANA LOPES and his government resigned 11 December 2004, but will stay on in a caretaker capacity until the February 2005 elections.
The president is elected by popular vote for a five-year term.
edition.cnn.com /WORLD/election.watch/europe/portugal3.html   (147 words)

  
 President Hu Jintao Meets with Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes
On the night of November 10, 2004, President Hu Jintao met with Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes in the northern city of
We would like to work with the Portuguese side to promote bilateral friendly and cooperative relations to a new high.
Hu also exchanged views with Lopes on China-EU relations, agreeing that China-EU relations remain robust and productive and bilateral cooperation in economy, trade, science, technology, culture and education are witnessing continuous developments.
www.fmprc.gov.cn /eng/zxxx/t169886.htm   (519 words)

  
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