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Professor of the right to Marcel Rebel di Sosa wins the first round of presidential election in Portugal, taken place in Sunday, January 24. After calculation a little more than 50 percent of ballots it gathers 57 percent of votes, official data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country testify. His next competitor — the former rector of Lisbon university Sampaio da Novua — gathers 19,67 percent of votes.
67-year-old to Rebel di Soz, professors of the right and the known television commentator, the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Social and democratic center (CDS) and People's monarchist party supported. The appearance on elections made from 48 to 52 percent, the data of polls published by RTP TV channel at the exit from polling stations testify.
Future head of state was born in 1948 in Lisbon in Baltasar Rebelu di Sosa's family — known Portuguese politician, the former governor of Mozambique and the minister in the government dictator Antoniu di Salazar. Rebelu di Soz's legal education got at Lisbon university. In 1974 it entered Social Democratic Party, in 1975-1976 was the deputy, since 1981 held a position of the Secretary of State of council of ministers, and since June, 1982 — the minister of parliament affairs. From 1996 to 1999 Rebelu di Sosa led PSD party.
the New president will enter a position at the end of March. Thanks to its victory in Portugal the situation when the left government headed by the leader of Socialist party Antoniu Koshta, created following the results of October parliamentary elections, will have to take a position of more conservative president into account will repeat again — now it is Aníbal Cavaco Silva.