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Manuel Fernando da Silva Monteiro (b. Anissó, Vieira do Minho, 1 April 1962) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician.

After winning the leadership of the conservative Social Democratic Center in March 1992, he moved the party somewhat further to the right and changed its name to the People's Party (PP) in 1995. The renamed party won 9% of the popular vote and 15 deputies, at the legislative elections held on 1 October 1995. This represented a partial comeback for the party that had been decimated in the Elections in Portugal of 1987 and 1991. Heavy losses in the municipal elections of 1997, however, led Monteiro to resign. He was replaced in 1998 by Paulo Portas, his former friend and protégé.

Monteiro left the PP in 2002 following a disagreement with Portas, and founded a splinter party, the New Democracy Party (PND; Partido da Nova Democracia]] in Portuguese. He resigned the leadership of this party after a disappointing result in the legislative elections of 2005.

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 '''Manuel Fernando da Silva Monteiro''' (b. Anissó, [[Vieira do Minho]], [[1 April]] [[1962]]) is a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] lawyer and politician.
-He won the leadership of the [[Social Democratic Center]], in March 1992, and lead the party into a more conservative direction, changing his name to [[Popular Party (Portugal)|Popular Party]], in 1995. The new PP won 9 % of the votes and 15 deputys, at the legislative elections, in 1 October 1995. He resigned, after his party strong loss at the municipal elections, in 1997. He was replaced by his former friend and mentor, [[Paulo Portas]], the following year. He left the PP, in 2002, in disagreement with Paulo Portas, and founded a splinter party, the [[Partido da Nova Democracia]], PND.
+After winning the leadership of the conservative '''Social Democratic Center''' in [[March 1992]], he moved the party somewhat further to the right and changed its name to the '''[[People's Party (Portugal)|People's Party]]''' (PP) in [[1995]]. The renamed party won 9% of the popular vote and 15 deputies, at the [[Portuguese legislative election, 1995|legislative elections]] held on [[1 October]] [[1995]]. This represented a partial comeback for the party that had been decimated in the [[Elections in Portugal]] of [[Portuguese legislative election, 1987|1987]] and [[Portuguese legislative election, 1991|1991]].  Heavy losses in the municipal elections of [[1997]], however, led Monteiro to resign. He was replaced in [[1998]] by [[Paulo Portas]], his former friend and protégé.
-He resigned the leadership of the PND after a disappointing result in the [[Portuguese legislative election, 2005]].
+Monteiro left the PP in [[2002]] following a disagreement with Portas, and founded a splinter party, the '''[[New Democracy (Portugal)|New Democracy Party]]''' (PND; ''Partido da Nova Democracia]]'' in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]].  He resigned the leadership of this party after a disappointing result in the [[Portuguese legislative election, 2005|legislative elections]] of [[2005]].
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