Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas (born 12 September 1962), known as Paulo Portas, is a Portuguese politician and party leader of the Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party (CDS-PP). A member of the Portuguese Parliament, he was Minister of Defense from 2002 to 2005 and has been Minister of State and Foreign Affairs since 2011.
In 2011, after he led his party to its best result in 30 years, Portas became the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of Portugal in a coalition government between the PSD and the CDS-PP.
He has been dogged by several controversies, in particular a costly purchase of submarines when he was Minister of Defense.
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