José Ribeiro e Castro


José Duarte de Almeida Ribeiro e Castro is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He was the leader of the People's Party since 24 April 2005 to 2007, when he was replaced again by Paulo Portas.
He was also a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2009, for the Social Democratic Party-People's Party coalition; part of the European People's Party-European Democrats group.

Education

He is a Graduate in law.

Politician

He was a member of Odemira’s Municipal Assembly.
He is a member of the National Board of the CDS party and the CDS-PP.
Member of the CDS-PP’s National Board Executive Committee.
Vice-Chairman of the CDS’ parliamentary group for 1981 and CDS spokesman 1976–1983.

Career

He founded Juventude Centrista in 1974.
He worked as a legal expert and counsellor.
He worked in television, being a member, and Chairman, of the inspection board of RTP. Between 1991 and 1999, he held a number of managerial posts at TVI television.
He was vice-chairman of Sport Lisboa e Benfica for 1997–1998.
He is a contributor to various newspapers.