Inês Sousa Real

Inês de Sousa Real
Sousa Real in 2022
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Assumed office
25 October 2019
ConstituencyLisbon
Spokesperson of People Animals Nature
Assumed office
6 June 2021
Preceded byAndré Lourenço e Silva
Personal details
Born (1980-06-06) 6 June 1980 (age 44)
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partyPeople Animals Nature (2011–present)
Alma materUniversidade Autónoma de Lisboa

Paula Inês Alves de Sousa Real (born 6 June 1980) is a Portuguese jurist and politician who is currently president of the People Animals Nature parliamentary group in the Assembly of the Republic.[1] At the PAN convention on 6 June 2021, she was elected on a single list as the spokesperson of the party.[2]

Life before politics

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With a degree in law and a master's degree in animal and society law, Sousa Real has been a jurist at the Municipality of Sintra since 2006 and she was head of the Tax Enforcement and Administrative Offenses Division from 2015 to October 2019. She was Lisbon's Municipal Animal Ombudsman from November 2014 to March 2017. For her dedication to the role, on a voluntary basis, she was awarded a commendation by the Lisbon Municipal Assembly

Political career

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Sousa Real was elected to the Lisbon Municipal Assembly in 2017 and the Assembly of the Republic in 2019. She is a member of the political commission of the PAN.[3][4] After André Lourenço e Silva announced he was stepping down, a party congress to elect a new leader was scheduled for the weekend of 5–6 June 2021. For that leadership congress, Sousa Real was the only candidate who stepped forward. On 6 June, she was elected as leader of PAN with 87.2% of the votes in the party's congress in Tomar.[5]

In the snap elections in January 2022, Sousa Real was the only PAN deputy to be elected as the party fell from four seats to one. She said that the prospect of a Socialist Party absolute majority would be bad for democracy.[6]

Electoral history

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Lisbon City Council election, 2017

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Ballot: 1 October 2017
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PS Fernando Medina 106,036 42.0 8 –3
CDS–PP/MPT/PPM Assunção Cristas 51,984 20.6 4 +3
PSD Teresa Leal Coelho 28,336 11.2 2 –1
CDU João Ferreira 24,110 9.6 2 ±0
BE Ricardo Robles 18,025 7.1 1 +1
PAN Inês Sousa Real 7,658 3.0 0 ±0
Other parties 5,833 2.3 0 ±0
Blank/Invalid ballots 10,498 4.2
Turnout 252,481 51.16 17 ±0
Source: Autárquicas 2017[7]

PAN leadership election, 2021

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Ballot: 6 June 2021
Candidate Votes %
Inês Sousa Real 109 87.2
Blank/Invalid ballots 16 12.8
Turnout 125
Source: Results[8]

Legislative election, 2022

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Ballot: 30 January 2022
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PS António Costa 2,302,601 41.4 120 +12
PSD Rui Rio 1,618,381 29.1 77 –2
Chega André Ventura 399,659 7.2 12 +11
IL João Cotrim Figueiredo 273,687 4.9 8 +7
BE Catarina Martins 244,603 4.4 5 –14
CDU Jerónimo de Sousa 238,920 4.3 6 –6
CDS–PP Rodrigues dos Santos 89,181 1.6 0 –5
PAN Inês Sousa Real 88,152 1.6 1 –3
Livre Rui Tavares 71,232 1.3 1 ±0
Other parties 91,299 1.6 0 ±0
Blank/Invalid ballots 146,824 2.6
Turnout 5,564,539 51.46 230 ±0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[9]

PAN leadership election, 2023

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Ballot: 20 May 2023
Candidate Votes %
Inês Sousa Real 97 72.9
Nelson Silva 35 26.3
Blank/Invalid ballots 1 0.8
Turnout 133
Source: Results[10]

Legislative election, 2024

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Ballot: 10 March 2024
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
AD Luís Montenegro 1,867,442 28.8 80 +3
PS Pedro Nuno Santos 1,812,443 28.0 78 –42
Chega André Ventura 1,169,781 18.1 50 +38
IL Rui Rocha 319,877 4.9 8 ±0
BE Mariana Mortágua 282,314 4.4 5 ±0
CDU Paulo Raimundo 205,551 3.2 4 –2
Livre Rui Tavares 204,875 3.2 4 +3
PAN Inês Sousa Real 126,125 2.0 1 ±0
ADN Bruno Fialho 102,134 1.6 0 ±0
Other parties 104,167 1.6 0 ±0
Blank/Invalid ballots 282,243 4.4
Turnout 6,476,952 59.90 230 ±0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Biografia".
  2. ^ "PAN. Delegados elegem nova porta-voz e Comissão Política Nacional". SIC Notícias (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Inês Sousa Real. Quem é a primeira líder parlamentar do PAN?".
  4. ^ "Perfil do deputado | Legislativas 2019".
  5. ^ PAN: direção de Inês Sousa Real aprovada com 87,2% dos votos, Jornal de Notícias, 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  6. ^ Peres Pinto, Sónia (31 January 2022). "Inês Sousa Real passa a única deputada do PAN" [Inês Sousa Real becomes only PAN deputy]. Sol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Autárquicas 2017". SGMAI. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Inês Sousa Real aprovada com 87.2% dos votos". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 6 June 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Mapa Oficial n.º 1/2022" (PDF). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. 26 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Inês de Sousa Real reeleita líder do PAN com 73% dos votos". Expresso (in Portuguese). 20 May 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Comissão Nacional de Eleições Mapa Oficial n.º 2-A/2024" (PDF). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.