Luís Filipe Menezes
Luís Filipe Menezes | |
|---|---|
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| Mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia | |
| Assumed office 12 October 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Marina Mendes |
| In office 14 January 1997 – 21 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | José Heitor Carvalheiras |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo de Almeida Rodrigues |
| President of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 12 October 2007 – 20 June 2008 | |
| Secretary-General | José Ribau Esteves |
| Preceded by | Luís Marques Mendes |
| Succeeded by | Manuela Ferreira Leite |
| Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 5 November 1991 – 28 October 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Preceded by | Carlos Encarnação |
| Succeeded by | António Costa |
| President of the Social Democratic Party of the Porto District | |
| In office 1990–2002 | |
| Preceded by | Mário Montalvão Machado |
| Succeeded by | Marco António Costa |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 19 July 1987 – 13 January 1997 | |
| Constituency | Porto |
| Member of the Porto City Council | |
| In office 22 October 2013 – 1 October 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Luís Filipe de Menezes Lopes 2 November 1953 Ovar, Portugal |
| Party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Ana Luísa Caetano
(m. 2015) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Porto |
| Occupation | Surgeon • Politician |
Luís Filipe de Menezes Lopes (born 2 November 1953) is a Portuguese politician.
Background
Luís Filipe Menezes is the son of José António Lopes, an industrialist, and Maria Helena de Menezes Borges, a high school teacher with a degree in Philosophy from the University of Porto.
Career
He is a Licentiate in Medicine specialized in pediatrics from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto.
He started his career as a medical doctor.
Affiliated with the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he was a Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs and from 1997 to 2013 he was Mayor of the Municipal Chamber of Vila Nova de Gaia (in Greater Porto subregion), one of the most populated Portuguese municipalities.
He was leader of the Social Democratic Party between 12 October 2007 and 20 June 2008.[1] He was elected after Luís Marques Mendes and was succeeded by Manuela Ferreira Leite.
Meneses is considered a populist, his policies as mayor were equally populist and his victory over Marques Mendes is considered a victory of populism in the PSD,[2] as there was a clear difference between the positions of both, having Meneses a more politically correct and pro-people position in most matters, although with a sightly neoliberal stance on the health care system, and a liberal conservative position towards gay rights.[3]
Luis Filipe Menezes is considered as a modern politician.[4] He had the best score in the Municipality elections of October 2009.
Family
Luís Filipe Menezes is the son of José António Lopes and Maria Helena de Menezes Borges.
He has four children.
In 2015, he married lawyer Ana Luísa Caetano, with whom he has one son.
Electoral history
Vila Nova de Gaia City Council election, 1997
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSD | Luís Filipe Menezes | 64,044 | 46.7 | 6 | +2 | |
| PS | José Carvalheiras | 56,757 | 41.4 | 5 | –1 | |
| CDU | – | 10,151 | 7.4 | 0 | –1 | |
| Other parties | 1,878 | 1.4 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Blank/Invalid ballots | 4,245 | 3.1 | – | – | ||
| Turnout | 137,075 | 61.78 | 11 | ±0 | ||
| Source: Autárquicas 1997[5] | ||||||
Vila Nova de Gaia City Council election, 2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSD/CDS–PP | Luís Filipe Menezes | 78,549 | 59.9 | 8 | +2 | |
| PS | Jorge Strecht Ribeiro | 37,078 | 28.3 | 3 | –2 | |
| CDU | – | 8,192 | 6.3 | 0 | ±0 | |
| BE | – | 1,570 | 4.9 | 0 | new | |
| PH | – | 601 | 4.9 | 0 | new | |
| Blank/Invalid ballots | 4,460 | 3.4 | – | – | ||
| Turnout | 131,109 | 57.69 | 11 | ±0 | ||
| Source: Autárquicas 2001[6] | ||||||
PSD leadership election, 2005
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luís Marques Mendes | 497 | 56.6 | |
| Luís Filipe Menezes | 381 | 43.4 | |
| Turnout | 878 | ||
| Source: PSD Congress[7] | |||
Vila Nova de Gaia City Council election, 2005
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSD/CDS–PP | Luís Filipe Menezes | 77,971 | 55.0 | 7 | –1 | |
| PS | Manuel Barbosa Ribeiro | 39,657 | 28.0 | 3 | ±0 | |
| CDU | Ilda Figueiredo | 11,781 | 8.3 | 1 | +1 | |
| BE | Alda Sousa | 5,327 | 3.8 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Other parties | 1,486 | 1.1 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Blank/Invalid ballots | 5,616 | 4.0 | – | – | ||
| Turnout | 141,838 | 60.73 | 11 | ±0 | ||
| Source: Autárquicas 2005Autárquicas 2005[8][9] | ||||||
PSD leadership election, 2007
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luís Filipe Menezes | 21,101 | 53.6 | |
| Luís Marques Mendes | 16,973 | 43.1 | |
| Blank/Invalid ballots | 1,279 | 3.3 | |
| Turnout | 39,353 | 62.42 | |
| Source: Diretas 2007[10] | |||
Vila Nova de Gaia City Council election, 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSD/CDS–PP | Luís Filipe Menezes | 92,486 | 62.0 | 8 | +1 | |
| PS | Joaquim Couto | 37,790 | 25.3 | 3 | ±0 | |
| CDU | Ilda Figueiredo | 9,398 | 6.3 | 0 | –1 | |
| BE | João Semedo | 4,828 | 3.2 | 0 | ±0 | |
| MPT | Nuno Aldeia | 993 | 0.7 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank/Invalid ballots | 3,733 | 2.5 | – | – | ||
| Turnout | 149,228 | 59.71 | 11 | ±0 | ||
| Source: Autárquicas 2009[11] | ||||||
Porto City Council election, 2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ind. | Rui Moreira | 45,411 | 39.3 | 6 | +6 | |
| PS | Manuel Pizarro | 26,237 | 22.7 | 3 | –2 | |
| PSD/PPM/MPT | Luís Filipe Menezes | 24,366 | 21.1 | 3 | –2 | |
| CDU | Pedro Carvalho | 8,539 | 7.4 | 1 | ±0 | |
| BE | José Soeiro | 4,166 | 3.6 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Other parties | 1,877 | 1.6 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Blank/Invalid ballots | 5,102 | 4.4 | – | – | ||
| Turnout | 115,698 | 52.60 | 13 | ±0 | ||
| Source: Autárquicas 2013[12] | ||||||
Vila Nova de Gaia City Council election, 2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSD/CDS-PP/IL | Luís Filipe Menezes | 61,966 | 40.7 | 5 | +3 | |
| PS | João Paulo Correia | 54,526 | 35.9 | 5 | –4 | |
| Chega | António Barbosa | 16,686 | 11.0 | 1 | +1 | |
| CDU | André Araújo | 5,811 | 3.8 | 1 | ±0 | |
| BE/L | João Martins | 4,815 | 3.1 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Other parties | 3,019 | 2.0 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Blank/Invalid ballots | 5,278 | 3.5 | – | – | ||
| Turnout | 115,698 | 52.60 | 13 | ±0 | ||
| Source: Autárquicas 2025[13] | ||||||
References
- ↑ "Luís Filipe Menezes, PSD".
- ↑ "Meneses no PSD (Meneses in the SDP)".
- ↑ "PSD: Mendes e Menezes em pseudo-debate (SPD: Mendes and Menezes in pseudo-debate)". (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Confraria Laranja". (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Autárquicas 1997" (PDF). Diário da República. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ "Autárquicas 2001" (PDF). Diário da República. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ Luís Marques Mendes é o novo líder do PSD, RTP, 11 April 2005, retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ "Resultados AL 2005" (PDF). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ "Auto Sorteio AL 2005" (PDF). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ Congressos e Eleições Diretas PPD/PSD, Social Democratic Party, retrieved 9 August 2024
- ↑ "Autárquicas 2009". SGMAI. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ↑ "Autárquicas 2013". Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ↑ "Autárquicas 2025 - Vila Nova de Gaia". Retrieved 15 November 2025.