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Pedro Passos Coelho

prime minister of Portugal
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Coelho, Pedro Passos
Coelho, Pedro Passos Pedro Passos Coelho, leader of Portugal's centre-right Social Democratic Party, waving to supporters during a campaign march in Porto on June 2, 2011. He was victorious in the general election on June 5 and was sworn in as prime minister later that month.

Pedro Passos Coelho is a Portuguese politician who served as prime minister from 2011 to 2015. He led the Social Democratic Party, which formed a coalition government after the June 2011 legislative election. His government implemented austerity measures to meet the guidelines set by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. Despite facing economic challenges and protests, Portugal emerged from recession in 2014. Passos Coelho's minority government, formed after the October 2015 election, lasted only two weeks before being toppled by an opposition coalition.12

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