Fernando Nogueira

Joaquim Fernando Nogueira (born 1950) is a Portuguese politician. He was during Aníbal Cavaco Silva governments, Minister of the Parliamentary Affairs (1985-1987), Justice (1987-1990) and National Defense (1990-1995). He was usually seen as the number 2 of the Social-Democratic Party. In 19 February 1995, he won the leadership of the social-democrats, by a narrow margin, over José Manuel Durão Barroso. The Social-Democratic Party lost the legislative elections of 1 October 1995, with only 34 % of the votes, against the 43 %, for the Socialist Party. After the defeat of Aníbal Cavaco Silva in the 14 January 1996 presidential elections, he resigned, and was latter replaced by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.