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José Manuel Bolieiro

Portuguese politician

José Manuel Bolieiro
Bolieiro in 2024

President of the Regional Government of the Azores
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2020
Vice President	Artur Lima
Representative	Pedro Catarino
Preceded by	Vasco Cordeiro
Mayor of Ponta Delgada
In office 1 August 2012 – 2 March 2020
Preceded by	Berta Cabral
Succeeded by	Maria José Duarte
Member of the Ponta Delgada City Council
In office 11 October 2009 – 2 March 2020
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores
In office 9 November 1998 – 11 October 2009
Constituency	São Miguel Island

Personal details
Born	José Manuel Cabral Dias Bolieiro (1965-06-23) 23 June 1965 (age 58) Povoação, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Coimbra

José Manuel Cabral Dias Bolieiro (born 23 June 1965) is a Portuguese Social Democratic Party (PSD) politician, serving as the President of the Regional Government of the Azores since the 2020 election. As holder of that office, he is also a member of the Council of State.^[1]

Early political career

He graduated in law from the University of Coimbra. From 1998 to 2009 he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores, and served as his party's leader within it. He was the president of the municipal assembly in Povoação from 2002 to 2009, and then the deputy mayor of Ponta Delgada until 2012 when he took the mayoralty. He resigned to concentrate on leading his party in the 2020 regional election.^[2]

President of the Government of the Azores

In the 2020 regional election, the PSD came second to the Socialist Party of incumbent president Vasco Cordeiro, but gained a majority after forming a government with the CDS – People's Party and the People's Monarchist Party, with support from Chega and the Liberal Initiative.^[3]

References

^ "José Manuel Bolieiro toma posse como Conselheiro de Estado" [José Manuel Bolieiro takes office as Councillor of State] (in Portuguese). Açores 24. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ "Bolieiro chega a chefe do governo depois de presidir à autarquia de Ponta Delgada" [Bolieiro arrives at head of government after presiding over Ponta Delgada municipality]. Açoriano Oriental (in Portuguese). 7 November 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ "José Manuel Bolieiro indigitado presidente do Governo dos Açores" [José Manuel Bolieiro appointed president of the Government of the Azores]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 7 November 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2021.