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José Sócrates

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José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa (born Vila Real, 6 September 1957) is a Portuguese politician, elected secretary-general of the Socialist Party

A civil engineer, he is a member of parliament since 1987. In 1995, he entered government as secretary of state for Environment in the first government of António Guterres. He become Minister for Environment in Guterres' second government in 1999.

After the resignation of Ferro Rodrigues as party leader in 2004, he won a bid for the post of secretary-general against Manuel Alegre and João Soares, winning the vote of nearly 80% of party members on 24 September 2004.

He is married, and has two children.

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